2nd Lt
Bertram Kerley

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortejaar:
1895
Geboorteplaats:
Downton, Wiltshire, Wales, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Dagloner

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Wales, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Second Lieutenant
Service nummer:
/
Dienstneming plaats:
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Eenheden:
 —  South Wales Borderers, 6th Bn. (Pioneers)  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
10/09/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Halifax Camp, Belgiƫ
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
22

Begraafplaats

Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery
Plot: II
Rij: A
Graf: 3

Onderscheidingen en medailles 3

1914-15 Star
Medaille
British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 2

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Dienstneming plaats

Mijn verhaal

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.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/92887/kerley,-bertram-fredrick/
Gebruikte bronnen
The Long, Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Gebruikte bronnen
War Diary South Wales Borderers, 6th Bn. (Pioneers)
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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