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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    Thanks Terry, that's fantastic info, I have now actually got a photo of Bertram, Ron
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    Specimens Of British Trench Orders

    Sorry, meant interesting and informative, Ron
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    Specimens Of British Trench Orders

    Thanks mike, very interest
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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    Thanks Janice, I have sent for a copy of the will, cos Im nosey and I love a mystery lol, I will let you know what it says, Ron
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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    hi all, thanks for all your efforts, relating to bertie no.1 I found a death of a Bertie Williams in the 3rd quarter of 1890 Aston, Warwickshire. This makes things even more confusing ????? Ron
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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    Hi Lyn, got bertrams birth cert, born on 15th July 1893 St Martin Birmingham. Name... Bertram Thomas Father... Walter Williams a Boot riveter Mother.. Clara Williams formerly Pointing Residence..6, Court, Wrentham Street. Its a starting point to hopefully finding out a bit more, Ron
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    Help Needed Please

    hi lyn, its sad but it would be intresting to know why, how and where the other brothers died. Ron
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    Help Needed Please

    hi, found on cwgc website Eldred J Martin was a leuitenent in the 2nd Batt royal warwickshires buried Norfolk cemetery, becord el becourt. he was born in 1896. ancestry.co.uk have all info on 1901 and 1911 census his brothers are mentioned too. Wilfrid was born in 1895. They were all in boarding...
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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    hi Janice and Lyn, apparently the 1/6th warwickshires were on Redan Ridge their objective was Pendant Copse via Heidenkopf redoubt (british called it the quadrilateral) The following morning at roll call of the 850 men of the regiment that started the previous day only 95 answered their names of...
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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    Thank you all so much, I have so much info in such a short time, its enabling me to build a person out of just a name. thanks, Ron
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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    thanks Janice, I would like to try and build a picture of his life before and up to that fateful day so ancestry looks like a good place to start. It appears that those men had a really tough objective and suffered for it.
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