Lieutenant Rolf Guillaume Bertram
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Bertram,
Rolf Guillaume
Date of birth: 1891-11-25
Place of birth: Grenada Grenada
Next of kin: L.J. Bertram Auditor General, Kingston Jamaica
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Bank Clerk
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-09-07
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Kensal Green (St. Mary’s) Roman Catholic Cemetery, 144.5.45246
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 14501
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(8th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1915-03-29 ?
- Second Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Trooper (Army). 1915-01-22 to 1915-03-29
- Private, 6th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-24 to 1915-01-22
- Trooper (Army). ? to 1914-09-24
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 2905592
LAC ID:
41361
Service file: B0693-S030
Uploader's Notes:
This soldier originally enlisted in the 6th Battalion C.E.F. F.G.H. "A" Compnay.
Transferred to the Canadian Cavalry Depot 15 December 1914
Transferred to Divisional Cavalry 29 March 1915
Transferred to 1st Canadian Cycalists Corps 02 November 1915
Commissioned 12 December 1915
1st Canadian Cyclists Corp and received his commission http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2905592Uploader's Research notes:
The Legacy Voices Project
Information provided from The Thamis Gayle Collection
Blacks and West Indians in the CEF Not part of No 2 Construction Battalion
[Trooper Army Canadian Cavalry 34th Fort Garry Horse Private Army Canadian Infantry 6th Battalion A Company A member of the First Canadian Contingent which sailed from Canada as part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade on the 3rd of October onboard the S.S. Lapland arriving at Plymouth on the 14th of October. Training continued at West Down South Camp Salisbury Plain until the 15th of December when the Battalion left the Brigade in order to convert back to the cavalry role as the Depot for the Canadian Cavalry Brigade. The Battalion Disbanding on the 22nd of January 1915 excess personel being transfered to Other Infantry Battalions Trooper Army Canadian Cavalry Canadian Cavalry Depot (Fort Garry Horse) Not Specified Army Canadian Cavalry Second Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 11th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 8th Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2010-10-20
Last modified: 2013-07-20