Name
Bertie Eames
6/12/1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/11/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4368
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 12 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
He has no Headstone, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, to the missing.
UK & Other Memorials
London Colney Village Memorial, London Colney Roll of Honour, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Bertie EAMES was born on 6th December 1894, in London Colney, Hertfordshire, son of George Eames a Woodman and Caroline Eames (nee Fearne), One of their ten children.
George Eames Married Caroline Fearne (his second wife) on 15th November 1879, at the London Colney Chapel, London Colney, Herts. George had two children George and Selina Eames by his first wife Emma Childs who he married on 11th November 1871, at St Peters church, London Colney, Herts.
Bertie was Baptised on 27th January 1895, in the Parish of Colney St Peter, Herts.
1901 Census records Bertie aged 6, living with his parents, Half-brother George (28), Half-sister Selina (25), sister Annie (17), brothers William (14), Herbert (12), Edward (10), Charles (8), and James (3), at Waterside, London Colney, Herts. Their cousin Gladys Meikle was living with the family, they had a boarder, Joseph Baddley (24) a plumber.
His mother Caroline Eames died in 1903, aged 48.
1911 census records Bertie aged 16, living his married sister Annie Bishop (nee Eames) and her two children Violet (2) and Frederick (5 months) at 1 Ackworth Street, Old Kent Road, London & Surrey. His occupation is given as a Messenger at the Tea Factory.
Wartime Service
Bertie travelled to the County Town of Hertford in late December 1914, early January 1915, to enlist in the Hertfordshire Regiment, issued with the service number 4368. On completion of his training Bertie was sent to the Western Front arriving in France on 17th August 1915.
Bertie was Killed in Action on 13th November 1916, the first day of the Battle on the Ancre (Battle of the Ancre 13th Nov – 18th Nov 1916), he has no known grave he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, to the missing. Pier and Panel 12C.
Additional Information
His effect of £1-17s-07d pay owing was split equally between his half-brother, half-sister, surviving brothers and sisters, his war gratuity of £8-10s-00d, went to his brother William.
Brother Private 2894 Edward Eames of the Hertfordshire Regiment Died of Wounds on 21st April 1916, aged 26.
Brother Lance Corporal 14992 Charles Eames of the Bedfordshire Regiment was Killed in Action on 16th April 1917, aged 24.
Brother Private 42859 James Eames of the Middlesex Regiment Died of Wounds on 11th October 1917, aged 19.
Brother Leading Mechanic F6864 William Eames served in the Royal Naval Air Service Later the Royal Air Force, survived the war.
Brother Petty Officer F5308 Herbert Eames served in the Royal Naval Air Service, later the Royal Air Force, Survived the war.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild
