HAMILTON, Bertram Charles

Helles Memorial, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Bertram was born 1897 in Newport to Oliver Charles & Fanny Elizabeth HAMILTON of The Magnet, 31 Chapel Street, Newport.

On the 12th of August, together with others of the 163rd Brigade, The Rifles advanced to occupy the ridge of hills in front of them, & in doing so, cut off the enemy in the area of ANZAC Beach & cape Helles, in order to dominate the Dardanelles Straight. During this first attack, 8 officers & over 300 Rifles were either killed or missing.

Bertram, aged 18, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 12th of August 1915, & is commemorated by the Commission on the Helles Memorial to the Missing in Gallipoli Turkey, together with 20,961 of his First World War comrades who have no known grave.

Bertram is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.