Fusilier William Trimble (7044343) served in 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Second World War. He was the son of John Trimble and Susan Trimble, and the husband of Mrs. M Trimble of Riverside, Antrim, Co. Antrim.
He died on 7th April 1943 aged 29 years old during 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers’ assault on Djebel el Mahdi. The attack on the area of high ground was part of the Allied thrust towards Tunis and saw 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and 1st Batallion Royal Irish Fusiliers of 38th Irish Brigade begin the assault. Despite the terrain including a wadi or valley, rows of wire fortifications, and minefields, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers took their objective halfway up Djebel el Mahdi by the early morning. 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers passed them and claimed the summit by 1400hrs.
William Trimble has no known grave. His name is on Face 20 of the Medjez-el-Bab War Memorial, Tunisia.