Gerald C Torrens

Gerald C Torrens was a contemporary of the Antarctic explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard (assistant zoologist, British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913). During the First World War (1914-1918) Torrens was a member of the Machine Gun Corps. Founded in October 1915 the corps depot and training centre was situated at Grantham. The coups saw action in the main battlefields of the First World War before its disbandment in 1922.

From the guide to the Gerald Torrens collection, 1916, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)