Education
Trent studied at the Royal College of Art and Royal Academy Schools, where he became an associate.
Trent studied at the Royal College of Art and Royal Academy Schools, where he became an associate.
Many of his most notable works are war memorials in England, Scotland and Wales. Abbot Trent was born in Forest Gate in Essex on 14 October 1885. He was the son of Walter F. Trent who was a builder and ship fitter by trade.
At an early age he was adopted by Thomas Armstrong the painter.
He studied at the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. They had two daughters: Margaret (Peggy) and Jennifer 1917-2002, who both trained as architects.
Trent became an Associate of the Royal Academy and worked throughout his life from a studio on Beaufort Street, London. He died on 2 August 1953.
His cremation took place at Putney Vale Crematorium.