World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Robert Bertram
Forename(s):
Robert
Surname:
Bertram
Initial(s):
R
Service Number:
45135
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Durham Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion
Died:
12/07/1918
Aged:
27
Buried:
Berlaimont Communal Cemetery Extension
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Died at Camp Grand Carrière, presumably as a prisoner of war in Germany.
Background:
Born at New Berwick, Northumberland, the son of Robert & Ellen Bertram, of Springhill, Seahouses, Chathill, Northumberland.
Resident at Chathill.
There are two UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 entries for Bertram 45135 (available via Ancestry.co.uk). One shows his father, Robert; the other refers to his mother, Ellen, who appears to have been his sole legatee.
Local Memorial:
Seahouses War Memorial