South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 22223 Bertie John CLEAVER - 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment


Killed in Action on Friday 19th May 1915 aged 19


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
Mesopotamia 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Amara War Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
28 Aug 1915 - Balkans ~ Leamington Hastings
    Broadwell Methodist Church 
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted  
Died of disease Aug/Sep 1914 at Rugby  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Other War Memorials
Amara Pte 19164 Cavalry Reserve  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Bertie's Pension and Register of Effects show that he died of an unnamed disease, most likely in one of the Military Hospitals in the Amara area where he is buried. No further further details are known at this time

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
Oct Qtr 1896 at Leamington Hastings ~
   
Parents Names Abode
William and Emily Cleaver + Stepmother Lucy Hill, Leamington Hastings                                 
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1896 - Leamington Hastings 1911 - Farm servant
1901 - Hill, Leamington Hastings  
1911 - Malvern Hall Farm, Broadwell  
1915 - Hill, Leamington Hastings