Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery,
London
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record
Canadian
attestation paper
Commemorated on:
OV Memorial, Victoria College, Jersey
and on Grouville Parish Memorial, Jersey
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Monday 3 July 1916
Jersey Soldier in Hospital. Lieutenant R G Bertram
of 1st Canadian Division is in the Empire Hospital,
London. We wish him a speedy recovery.
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Lieutenant Rolf Guillaume de la Vieuville Bertram
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
06/09/1916
Son of the Hon. Louis John Bertram,
C.M.G., and Mrs. Bertram, of Mandeville, Jamaica, British
West Indies.
Died of injuries received at Bombing School, aged 24
years.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey
Evening Post of Monday 11 September 1916
Roll of Honour. Yet another Jersey, Lieutenant R
G Bertram, has made the supreme sacrifice. This gallant
officer, who was born at Grouville, was the second
son of the Honourable Louis J Bertram, formerly of
Grouville and now Auditor General of Jamaica. He was
in his 23rd year and gave up a position in one of
the Canadian banks to join the 8th Battalion of the
1st Canadian Division. He was wounded during the fighting
in July and was eventually moved to the Daughters
of Empire Hospital at Hyde Park. His mother returned
from Jamaica to visit him, but to the great regret
of his relatives and many friends the soldier did
not rally and passed away on Thursday last as the
result of his wounds, and was buried on Saturday.
To the family abroad and the relatives here, who include
Mr J Bertram and Mrs Picot of Ivy Gate, and to the
late officers many acquaintances we offer our sincere
condolences in their bereavement.
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