Education
Trench was educated at Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge with the degree of Master of Arts (Master of Arts).
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Trench was educated at Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge with the degree of Master of Arts (Master of Arts).
In 1938, Trench entered the Colonial Service as a cadet in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and was seconded to the Western Pacific High Commission in 1941. He was also commissioned into the Royal Artillery (Supplementary Reserve). From 1939 to 1945, he fought in the Second World War and served in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force from 1942 to 1946.
That year he was posted to the island of Malaita, with the task of repressing the Maasina Rule, an uprising aimed at securing independence for Malaita.
In August 1947, he was appointed Secretary for Development and Native Affairs, and his crackdown on the Maasina Rule continued. Trench served as Governor of the Solomon Islands and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific from 1961 to 1964.
In 1950, Trench became Assistant Secretary to the Deputy Defence Secretary for Hong Kong. He eventually held the office of Deputy Financial Secretary in 1956 and Commissioner of Labour and Mines in 1957.
In 1958, Trench studied at the Imperial Defence College in London.
Trench served as Deputy Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong between 1959 and 1960. He left Hong Kong to take up the office of High Commissioner for the British Western Pacific Territories between 1961 and 1964, but returned to Hong Kong as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong between 1964 and 1971. Companion of St. Michael and St. George, 1960
Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, 1962
Knight of the Order of Street John of Jerusalem, 1964
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Hong Kong, 1968
Knight Giand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, 1969
Governor of Hong Kong, 1964 to 1971
President of Saint John Ambulance Brigade and Association in Dorset since 1972.
Chairman, Dorset Area Health Authority from 1973 to 1982
Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset, 1977
The Trench Methadone Clinic and the David Trench Rehabilitation Clinic, both in Hong Kong, are named after him
Ching Cheung Road in Kwai Chung, New Territories,Hong Kong was named after him.
