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Location
In Shorwell (St Peter) New Churchyard, Shorwell, Isle of Wight Description Private headstone. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HARRY COLLINGWOOD BERTRAM CAPTAIN H.M. FORCES SOUTH AFRICA 1899 - 1902 DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF RUTH BERTRAM DIED SEPTEMBER 28TH 1918 AGED 43 YEARS BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD Further Information :
Harry Collingwood Bertram
Sergeant 4565 Harry Collingwood Bertram, 41 Company (Hampshire), 12 Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry Lieutenant Harry Collingwood Bertram, 8 Company (Derbyshire), 4 Battalion Imperial Yeomanry Captain Harry Collingwood Bertram, 145 Company, 32 Battalion Imperial Yeomanry Awarded The Queen's South Africa (QSA) Medal Clasps: Wittebergen, Cape Colony, Transvaal; The Kings's South Africa (KSA) Medal Clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902
Commemorated on the Newport South Africa War memorial
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, October 4, 1918 Page 1 Captain Collingwood Bertram, who has for so long been associated with the Isle of Wight Hunt, died at the County Hospital last Saturday at the age of 43. The funeral took place at Shorwell on Wednesday. Page 3 Popular Huntsman's Death. The death occurred on Saturday night of Captain H. Collingwood Bertram, aged 43, of West Standen, for many years the popular and skillful huntsman of the Isle of Wight Foxhounds, who formerly served in the Isle of Wight Troop of the Hampshire Yeomanry, and was through the South African Campaign with them under the Brigadier General (then Capt., the Hon. J.E.B. Seely, C.B., D.S.O., M.P.) He was one of the most popular hunting men of the Island and was largely instrumental in the successful resuscitation of the Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society, of which he was an ideal secretary for some years. He had been ill for some time and went on Friday last to the Royal Isle of Wight County Hospital for an operation. He leaves a widow for whom much sympathy is felt. 
National Probate Calendar 1918 Acknowledgments : Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
Page last updated : 26 September 2013 (added newspaper report, further biographical information)