John Frederick Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis


John Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis

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Nickname(s)'Jack Tre'
Born(1878-01-14)14 January 1878
Died24 October 1915(1915-10-24) (aged 37)
France
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1901–1915
RankBrigadier-General
UnitIrish Guards
Commands1st Bn Irish Guards
20th Brigade
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsDSO
Mention in Dispatches
RelationsCharles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton (father)

Brigadier-General John Frederick Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, DSO (14 January 1878 – 24 October 1915), known as 'Jack Tre',[1] was a British Army officer in World War I. At the time of his death he was the youngest Brigadier-General in the British Army.[2]

  1. ^ 'An Appreciation by a Brother-Officer in the Brigade of Guards', Times (London), 29 October 1915.
  2. ^ Thomas, p. 178.