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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 479

Pair: Rifleman B. Vanstone, 6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), who died of wounds on 9 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (375855 Pte. B. Vanstone. 6-Lond. R.), good very fine (2)


Bertram Vanstone was born in Bedminster, the youngest son of John and Alma Vanstone of 74, Hill Avenue, Totterdown, Bristol. He initially enlisted as a Private in the 8th Battalion, London Regiment, before transferring to the 6th Battalion. In 1918 the Regiment fought at Villers Bretonneux, Malard Wood, Bouchavnes, Epehy, Lens and Roeux; total casualties between 8 August and 11 September 1918 amounted to 28 officers and 638 other ranks.

Bertram is buried at Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, on the Somme. The cemetery was opened towards the end of April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive, for burials from No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station; it closed in August as the Allies moved away from static trench warfare and entered a war of movement. Bertram was 19 years old when he died, his gravestone bearing the rather poignant inscription, 'Ever remembered by mother, father, sister and brothers, memory keeps him near us.'


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