Année de naissance: 1895

Lieu de naissance: Downton, Wiltshire, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni

Profession: ouvrier journalier

Pays: Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Second Lieutenant

Numéro de service: /

Incorporation nom de lieu: Newport, Monmouthshire, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  South Wales Borderers, 6th Bn. (Pioneers)  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 10/09/1917

Lieu de décès: Halifax Camp, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 22

1914-15 Star Médaille

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

Bertram Frederick Kerley was born in 1895. He was the son of Frederick John and Mary Annie Kerley of Downtown, Wiltshire. According to the 1911 Census, Bertram worked as a farm labourer.

Bertram joined the army and embarked for France in July 1915. In April 1917 he obtained a commission as a Second Lieutenant with the 6th Battalion South Wales Borderers, which was a pioneer Battalion of the 25th Division. In September 1917 the Battalion was stationed in Pioneer Camp north of Dikkebus, maintaining roads and positions, in dire circumstances. Working parties were regularly shelled.

On the 10th of September 1917 the Battalion moved to Halifax Camp, as it would entrain to France on the following day. Halifax Camp was shelled on 10 September 1917.

Second Lieutenant Kerley, 22, was killed in action. Bertram was buried in the nearby Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Autre référence

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/92887/kerley,-bertram-fredrick/ Sources utilisées

The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources utilisées

War Diary South Wales Borderers, 6th Bn. (Pioneers) http://www.nmarchive.com/ Autre référence