Walter Richard Bartram

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

772408

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Colborne Street Methodist Church

Birth country:

Ireland

Birth county:

Kildare

Birth city:

Naas

Address at enlistment:

186 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

186 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Timekeeper

Employer:

Verity Plow Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Image gallery:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX June 19, 1916

Brother Was Saved

Bandmaster Bartram of the 125th Battalion this morning received the glad tidings that his brother who was on the indefatigable which was sunk in the North Sea in the recent naval battle had been saved. This is the third boat that has been sunk since the commencement upon which he was serving.

BX August 16, 1940

Walter Richard Bartram

The death occurred here this morning of Walter Richard Bartram, in his sixty-third year. Born in Ireland, Mr. Bartram had had a distinguished military career. He was a veteran of the Boer War, being decorated in that conflict. On the outbreak of the First Great War, he enlisted as Bandmaster of the 125th Battalion and in England was attached to the Eighth Division, known as the “Black Devils.” Left to mourn his passing are, besides his widow, one son, Walter, and three daughters, Mrs. Frank Oliver, City; Mrs. William Oliver, Sudbury, and Mrs. Charles Miles, City. He is resting at the Beckett Funeral Home, Brant Avenue, from where a service will be held Saturday afternoon. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX August 19, 1940

Walter Richard Bartram

The funeral of Walter R. Bartram was conducted Saturday afternoon from the Beckett Funeral Home, with interment in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. W. Stanley Owen, of Colborne Street Untied Church, conducted the services. Among the large gathering of relatives and friends attending were members of the Canadian Legion, who performed the last rites at the graveside, with Harold Edwards of the Brantford Boys’ Band as bugler. The pallbearers were members of the Canadian Legion, E.R. Edwards, E. Sage, H. Twidale, R. Clarke, E.C. Brown and B. Leishman.