TROMANS, Isaac

Isaac Tromans came from Blackheath and enlisted in the Royal Navy. He joined the 1st Royal Marine Battalion of the Royal Marine Division, later the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. They were engaged in the 1916 Battle of the Somme, in the second Battle of Arras in 1917 and in 1918 defended bravely in the battles of the first German Spring Offensive of March 1918. After resting from these efforts they returned to the Somme sector in July by occupying the trenches in front of Auchonvillers. Though usually quiet there was always the occasional shelling or raid and Private Isaac Tromans was killed in action on the 9th July. He is buried at Acheux Military Cemetery (I E 26) and commemorated on the Blackheath and Halesowen Memorials.