In memoriam
We recently heard the sad news of the demise of Lieutenant Colonel Trustram Eve who passed away peacefully during the weekend of December 30-31, 2023.
Many members of The British Torch of Remembrance – Belgian Branch knew Colonel Trustram as chairman of the British Torch of Remenbrance, a position he held for thirty years. We mainly know him as the person who always wore a bowler hat at our ceremonies, as befitted a British officer in plain clothes, and usually carried an umbrella. Those who knew him better also appreciated his fine sense of humor. He was a true “officer and a gentleman” through and through.
The Hon. Peter Nanton Trustram Eve was born on 2 May 1930 as the son of Arthur Malcolm Trustram Eve, 1st Baron Silsoe and Marguerite Nanton. He married Petronilla Letiere Sheldon Elliott, daughter of Jannion Steele Elliott and Doris Amie Sheldon, on April 29, 1961
Peter was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers between 1949 and 1950 and as a Lieutenant in the Queen Victoria's Rifles (Territorial Army) between 1950 and 1953.
He graduated from the University of, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and in 1960 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)
In 1973 he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Green Jackets and became Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1978.
Between 1985 and 1988 he was general manager of the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
In 2003 he lived in Barton End Hall, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England.
Colonel Trustram Eve served also as military attaché to Her Majesty's Britannic Embassy in Brussels.
His wife Petronilla Letiere Sheldon Elliott died on March 1, 2023 (age 94)
They had 2 children
- Richard Malcolm Jannion Trustram Eve (born 9/03/1963)
- Nicholas Dominic Peter Trustram Eve (14/11/1965)
May he rest in peace.
