BORN LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK 1897. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM BOTTOMLEY(1874-1959) & CHARLOTTE LEE (1874-1942), OF 110 , HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. A YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE, SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY.
BERTIE LEE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 200248 & 1705, WITH 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND HAD BEEN IN FRANCE WITH COLONEL SHAW SINECE 1915. HE WAS WOUNDED TWICE. DIED OF WOUNDS AT TOOTING HOSPITAL, LONDON, ON 26/09/1916. AGED 19.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, LOTTIE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/09/1916.
HE IS BURIED AT HULL (HEDON ROAD) CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY DEAR SON AND BROTHER WE THINK OF YOU”
First name:
ROBERT (BERTIE)
Regiment:
Military Number:
200248
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
19
