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Charles Pocklington Chenevix Trench (29 June 1914 – 26 November 2003^[1]) was a British Indian army officer, popular historian and writer.

Charles Chenevix Trench (Author of The Road to Khartoum)

Life

He was born in Simla, India as the only son of Sir Richard Chenevix Trench, a member of the Indian Political Service. Sir Richard was grandson of Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886), Archbishop of Dublin. Charles was a cousin of Anthony Chenevix-Trench, later headmaster of Eton College. After studying at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, Charles received a regular Indian Army commission in 1934, joined Hodson's Horse in 1936 and became a fluent Pashto speaker.

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During the final weeks of 1st Army's advance into Tunisia in 1943 he was attached to the 12th Lancers.

In 1944, whilst attending a course at Benevento, he went to visit another Hodson's Horse officer who was a staff officer in 8th Indian Division. His friend put him on attachment to a Pathan company in the 1st Battalion of t Charles (Trench) Chenevix Trench (1839 - 1933) - WikiTree JEK