WRAY, Bertie Howad

Hill 10 Cemetery, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: Bernie Wood

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

Bertie was born 1886 in Newport the second son of Edward James & Ellen Jane (nee KING) WRAY who were living at 110 Carisbrooke Road, Newport around the time of Bertie’s death.

Bertie, aged 29, Died of Wounds on the 13th of August 1915 & is buried in the Hill 10 Cemetery at Gallipoli in Turkey beneath a Commission Pedestal Marker bearing the Family Inscription, chosen by his mother, “IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON THY WILL DONE”. Bertie rests alongside 698 of his First World War comrades, 150 of whom remain unidentified.

Bertie 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.