I am researching Bertram Triance, whose name is on my local WWI war memorial (Stockwell, London SW9).
There is a bit of a mystery about him and I wondered if anyone could help me. A man called Bertram Triance joined the RIC in 1920. The Stockwell Bertram Triance died in on 19 November 1916 aged 28 and was buried at Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France.
There are three World War One medal cards for Bertram Triance: two under that name and one in the name of Reginald Day, which states that his aka was Betram Triance. The latter includes a note: "deserted" and "In view of subsequent service in France Star and medals to be issued on ..." One of the cards for Bertram Triance includes the note "At present in Brixton Prison."
At the time of the 1911 census, Bertram Triance, aged 22, worked as a publisher’s clerk and lived at 32 Army Street, Clapham with his wife Elizabeth Daisy Triance, 22, and baby daughter, Kathleen Margaret, six weeks. Bertram was born in Kilburn, north-west London, Elizabeth in Walworth, and Kathleen in Clapham. Ten years earlier, Bertram lived at 55 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, with his parents, William H. Triance , 50, a coffee house keeper from Middleton, Norfolk, and Isabella Triance, 45, from Hampstead, north London. Bertram was one of at least five children.
The Bertram Triance listed as a member of the Royal Irish Constabulatory in 1920 was born in England in 1888. This matches the Stockwell Bertram Triance's details.
Was Bertram in Brixton Prison for deserting? Were there two people called Bertram Triance? Did the Stockwell Bertram Triance really die in 1916 or did he survive to join the Irish police?
Any help/advice much appreciated
Naomi (bancroft100) StockwellWarMemorial
There is a bit of a mystery about him and I wondered if anyone could help me. A man called Bertram Triance joined the RIC in 1920. The Stockwell Bertram Triance died in on 19 November 1916 aged 28 and was buried at Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France.
There are three World War One medal cards for Bertram Triance: two under that name and one in the name of Reginald Day, which states that his aka was Betram Triance. The latter includes a note: "deserted" and "In view of subsequent service in France Star and medals to be issued on ..." One of the cards for Bertram Triance includes the note "At present in Brixton Prison."
At the time of the 1911 census, Bertram Triance, aged 22, worked as a publisher’s clerk and lived at 32 Army Street, Clapham with his wife Elizabeth Daisy Triance, 22, and baby daughter, Kathleen Margaret, six weeks. Bertram was born in Kilburn, north-west London, Elizabeth in Walworth, and Kathleen in Clapham. Ten years earlier, Bertram lived at 55 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, with his parents, William H. Triance , 50, a coffee house keeper from Middleton, Norfolk, and Isabella Triance, 45, from Hampstead, north London. Bertram was one of at least five children.
The Bertram Triance listed as a member of the Royal Irish Constabulatory in 1920 was born in England in 1888. This matches the Stockwell Bertram Triance's details.
Was Bertram in Brixton Prison for deserting? Were there two people called Bertram Triance? Did the Stockwell Bertram Triance really die in 1916 or did he survive to join the Irish police?
Any help/advice much appreciated
Naomi (bancroft100) StockwellWarMemorial
