BERTIE GEORGE VINE
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – 1917
Born: 1897, Ipswich.
Died: 4th March 1917; age 20; KiA.
Evening Star – Tuesday, 20th March 1917 – Mrs. Eliza Price, of the Lord Nelson, Fore Street, Ipswich, has received information that her son, Bombardier Bertie Vine, of a Trench Mortar Battery, R.A., has been killed. His officer, in conveying the sympathy of all ranks, says that Bombardier Vine, with his comrades, was having his mid-day meal in his billet (a cellar), when it was hit by a German shell, which killed six men and wounded nine others.
Residence: Lord Nelson Inn, Fore Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: on a lathe in the engineering shop at Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Orwell Works, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Acting Bombardier; Service Number: 895120.
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, 55th Division Ammunition Col. (T.F.)
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference.
VI.A.4.
Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery,
Leper,
West Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Bertie was killed in the billet alongside George Howsam, Samuel Victor Partridge, James Joseph Joy, Albert Llewellyn Parry, and Alfred Weippert.
ALFRED JOHN THOMAS WEIPPERT was ranked a Gunner, 43097, for the Royal Field Artillery, 55th Division Ammunition Column. 18 year old Alfred was the son of John William Weippert, a night watchman, and Florence Emily Weippert (nee Morris), of 83, Devonshire Street, Mile End Old Town, London.
ALBERT LLEWELLYN PARRY was ranked a Rifleman, 241405, for The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), 6th Battalion. 20 year old Albert was the son of William John Parry, a printer’s compositor, and Catherine Ellen Parry (nee Jones), of 10, Beechdene Road, Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire.
JAMES JOSEPH JOY was ranked a Gunner, 697103, for the Royal Field Artillery, 55th Division Ammunition Column. 21 year old James was the son of David Joy, a fishmonger, of Lodge Lane, Liverpool, and Annie Joy (nee Thornton), of 47, Moss Grove, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire.
SAMUEL VICTOR PARTRIDGE was ranked a Gunner, 690307, for the Royal Field Artillery, 55th Trench Mortar Battery. 19 year old Samuel was the son of Samuel Partidge, a saw mill foreman, for R.J. Hudson’s Ltd. – dry soap works, Liverpool, and Grace Partridge (nee Johnson), of 28, Rossett Road, Great Crosby, Liverpool, Lancashire.
GEORGE HOWSAM was ranked a Gunner, 706325, for the Royal Field Artillery, 55th Division Ammunition Column. 20 year old George was the youngest son of Alfred Howsam, a chief inspector for Manchester Corporation Tramways Dept., and Mary Howsam (nee Parkes), of 70, Lansdowne Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire.
Relatives Notified & Address: Second son of Mrs. Price (formerly Mrs Vine), of the Lord Nelson Inn, Fore Street, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 31, Cumberland Street, Ipswich.
Bertie was 4 years old and living with his mother, brother, and stepfather.
Charles Herbert Price, 28, a Working Jeweller, born Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Eliza Elizabeth H. Price (nee Southgate), born Ipswich.
Harry Charles Vine, 9, born Ipswich.
1911 41, Oxford Street, Ipswich.
Bertie was 14 years old, a Coal Merchant’s Clerk. He was living with his mother, brother, stepfather, & stepsiblings.
Charles, 37, a Working Jeweller.
Eliza, 39.
Harry, 19, Engine Fitter Apprentice.
Charles Ernest Price, 9, born Ipswich.
Winifred Priscilla Price, 3, born 5, Ranelagh Road, Ipswich.
1 Boarder.
Bertie’s father was Harry James Vine, born 1870, Ipswich – died 5th March 1898, at 4, Nelson Terrace, Upland Road, Ipswich, after a painful operation.
Soldiers’ Effects to Eliza E. Price – mother.
Bertie is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Clement’s Church, Ipswich, and Christ Church, Tacket Street, Ipswich,
and Alan Road Methodist Church, and the Orwell Works Memorial, Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Ipswich.
One Comment
Thank you so very much for providing me with information on my Grandmother’s (Winifred Priscilla Price) stepbrother (Bertie Price). You have enabled me to put further information into my family tree. My grandmother never spoke about her siblings with me, so I am grateful to receive this information. Again, thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Philippa O’Toole