John Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis | |
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Nickname(s) | 'Jack Tre' |
Born | 14 January 1878 |
Died | 24 October 1915 France | (aged 37)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1901–1915 |
Rank | Brigadier-General |
Unit | Irish Guards |
Commands | 1st Bn Irish Guards 20th Brigade |
Battles / wars | Second Boer War First World War |
Awards | DSO Mention in Dispatches |
Relations | Charles 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]