L/Cpl
Herbert (Bert) Gwilliam

Informationen zu Geburt

Allgemeine Informationen

Letzter bekannter Wohnsitz:
Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Beruf:
Student

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
Wales, Vereinigtes Königreich
Truppe:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Lance Corporal
Dienstnummer:
260289
Einberufung ort:
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Einheiten:
 —  Gloucestershire Regiment, 12th Bn. (Bristol)  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
04/10/1917
Sterbeort:
Cameron House, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
21

Begräbnisplatz

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Grabstelle: LXIII
Reihe: B
Grab: 3

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Punkte von Interesse 3

#1 Geburtsort
#2 Letzter bekannter Wohnort
#3 Einberufung ort

Meine Geschichte

Lance Corporal Herbert (Bert) Gwilliam was the 2nd son of eight and was a good sportsman and student. His dream was to become a school teacher but first he enlisted the 12th Gloucestershire Regiment, part of the 95th Brigade which was part of the 5th British Division at that moment.
He was born and raised in Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, in Wales.

During the Battle of Broodseinde, on the 4th October 1917, the 5th Division on the right of X Corps successfully occupied Cameron Covert at the head of the Reutelbeek re-entrant.
Broodseinde was also a severe test for 12th Gloucesters, in reserve to 1st East Surreys for the attack by 95th Brigade which began at 06.00 a.m.
Conditions were beastly, with heavy rain. The barrage was too far ahead of the advancing troops and the German machine guns were free to fire on the companies as they struggled forward.
The Brigade on the left had advanced eight hundred yards and captured a number of German pillboxes within the re-entrant.
At 06.40 a.m. the 12th Gloucestershire Regiment, less A Company, moved forward to occupy the line that had been held by the East Surreys, during which time they suffered heavily from German artillery. Later in the morning, C Company was sent to reinforce 1st Devons, and this led to more casualties.

It was during these events that Lance Corporal Herbert Gwilliam, aged 21, was killed in action.
His body is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, plot LXIII, row B, grave 3.

Dateien 1

Maps Anschauen

Quellen 9

"A Gallant County, The regiments of Gloucestershire in the Great War", Grist R., Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK, 2018, page 210 - 211
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"Gallantry Awards to the Gloucestershire Regiment 1914 - 1918", Littlewood P.R., Spink, London, 2005, page 148
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"Passchendaele, The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., Unicorn Publishing Group, London, 2018, page 109
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"The Fifth Division in the Great War", Hussey A.H., Inman D.S., Nisbet & CO.Ltd, London,1921, page 178 - 179
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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/39/?name=Herbert_Gwilliam&death=1917-10-4&count=50&keyword=260289&location=3257.3250&name_x=ps_s&priority=united-kingdom
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CGWC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?Surname=Gwilliam&Forename=Herbert&Initials=&ServiceNum=260289&Regiment=&WarSelect=1&CountryCommemoratedIn=null&Cemetery=&Unit=&Rank=&SecondaryRegiment=&AgeOfDeath=0&DateDeathFromDay=1&DateDeathFromMonth=January&DateDeathFromYear=&DateDeathToDay=1&DateDeathToMonth=January&DateDeathToYear=&DateOfDeath=&Honours=null&AdditionalInfo=
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Map: "Passchendaele, The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., Unicorn Publishing Group, London, 2018, page 108
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National Archives
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7352296
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The Long Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/5th-division/
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