Victor Bartram
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John Longdon Bartram was born, married, bought up his children and died in Great Yarmouth. He was a railway signaller and railway worker like his father. He married Elizabeth Tennant on 31st December 1861. The pair had a large family of twelve children all born on Yarmouth between 1863 and 1899. Their ninth child was Victor Bartram who was born in 1880. His mother died in 1892 at the age of 50. Victor and all the other children (except one) had left the family home by 1901. In 1908, Victor married at Tynemouth to Myra May S Clay, who also came from Great Yarmouth. By 1911 the couple were resident at Station Street, Tuxford where he was employed as a labourer working for the Great Central Railway (like his father and Grandfather).
Victor would have left Tuxford by the time of enlistment as he joined up at home town of Great Yarmouth in the Norfolk Regiment. He joined at the very beginning of the war as his medal card puts him as going to his theatre of war on 15th September 1914, probably as a territorial or regular soldier. His army service record is not available but he was a drummer and was killed in action and commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
CWG additional information:- Husband of Myra May Bartram, of 13, Row 124, South Quay, Great Yarmouth. Research by Colin Dannatt
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