Basic Details
Surname
Stimpson
Forenames
Bert Charles
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Bertram Charles
Served or died
Died
Service number
9569
Honours
MM
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 30 Albert Place, and states he was entitled to the Military Medal and the 1914 Star medal.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal B.C. Stimpson M.M., regimental number 9569, died on 20/8/1916 serving in 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is now buried in grave X.E.17 at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery at Longueval in France, having been reinterred after the War. His birth was registered as Bertram Charles Stimpson in the Peterborough District in 1893. On the 1901 census he was recorded as Bertie, living with his parents Henry and Susan at 31 Town Street, Fletton, Peterborough. On the 1911 census his widowed father was living at 5 Globe Street, Albert Place in Peterborough, while Bertram was recorded as a Private in the Northamptonshire Regiment, serving at Northampton. Bertram's Army service file records that he was serving in the 3rd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 9181 when he was attested on 3/9/1912; he then joined the 1st Battalion as a Private under regimental number 9569. His file records that he embarked on 12/8/1914, was appointed as paid Lance Corporal on 21/5/1916, and was killed in action on 20/8/1916. On 12/9/1916 the award of his Military Medal was posthumously published in London Gazette Supplement 29749: Page 9005).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
August
Day of death
20
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
30, ALBERT PLACE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial