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Prior to the Great War he held a commission
in the Territorials and enlisted at the outbreak
of the war with the Royal Army Medical
Corps, attached to the 1st East Anglian Field
Ambulance, serving throughout the Gallipoli
Campaign with the 29th Division. He was later
transferred to France and worked in the Casualty
Clearing Zone, first as an anaesthetist and then
as a surgeon, reaching Captain’s rank. After the
war ended, he continued in general practice at
Leiston and then Holbrook, where he became
Medical Officer to the village’s Royal Naval
Hospital. He died in March 1937, aged 54.
Ella never married, and lived with her sister
in Beaconsfield. She kept all of Bertie’s letters
in a Victorian writing case in the attic, where
they were found, over 100 years after they
were first written.
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Over the last few years we have received
a tremendous number of photographs,
school records and memorabilia for the
Archive and we are so grateful for your
wonderful donations.
To build an ever clearer image of past,
and preserve memories of Teddies for
the future, we continue to welcome any
contributions. For further details
of how to be involved, please email
or telephone 01865 319438.
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