WALTER STANLEY BARTRAM

Born: 3^rd December 1896, Shimpling, Norfolk. The son of Ellen Georgina Turner, a domestic servant.

Died: 19th September 1916; age 19; KiA.

Residence: Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 26928

Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Walter was killed in the same incident as William James Wallis and Malcolm Hood.

Grave Reference:

I.O.28.

Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery,

Pas de Calais,

France.

WILLIAM JAMES WALLIS, ranked a Private, 17966, for the Suffolk Regiment, 2^nd Battalion. William was 35 years of age and the eldest son of George Wallis, an agricultural labourer, and Matilda Wallis (nee Wright), of Barrow, Suffolk. William was married to Minnie Fuller and had two children. They made their family home at The Green, Barrow.

MALCOLM HOOD, ranked a Private, 43743, for the Suffolk Regiment, 2^nd Battalion. Malcolm was 20 years of age and the third son of Charles Hood, a pork butcher – own account, and Sarah Elizabeth Hood (nee Cobbold), of The Street, Bramford, Suffolk.

www.bramfordww1project.org.uk/private-malcolm-hood-2nd-battalion-suffolk-regiment/

CENSUS

1901   3, Victoria Place, Ipswich.

Walter was 3 years old and living with his mother (both recorded with the surname Bartram) and maternal grandmother. They were visitors at the home of 25 year old Mrs. Elizabeth Turner.

Clara Bartram (nee Turner), 49, a Needle Worker – Shirts, born Barton, Norfolk.

Ellen Georgina Bartram, 24, a Domestic Servant, born Dickleburgh, Norfolk.

1911   8, Black Horse Square, Ipswich.

Walter was 14 years old, an Errand Boy for a Tailor. He was living with his mother, sister and maternal grandmother.

Clara, 54, a Stay Worker – Corset Factory.

Ellen, 30, a Charwoman – own account.

Winifred Kate Turner Bartram, 9, born Ipswich.

On the 3^rd April 1915, at Ipswich, Walter’s mother, Ellen Georgina Turner Bartram, married Edward Albert Leeder, born 1876, Diss, Norfolk. Ellen and Edward had one son.

Soldiers’ Effects to Clara Bartram – grandmother.

Walter is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Mary Le Elms Church, Ipswich.

THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT 2nd Battalion:

Suffolk Regiment Battalion movements

Suffolk Regiment website

Friends of The Suffolk Regiment