Private Bertram Fletcher

Army Number: 82135

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at East Markham, Nottinghamshire. Son of John and Emma Fletcher, of The Croft, East Markham. Husband of Nellie Fletcher, of London Road, East Markham. He was a cowman prior to enlisting 10th December 1915 at Retford, Nottinghamshire. He was posted to the 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and went to France 27th July 1917. He was posted to the 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 17th August 1917 and was killed in action, 26th September 1917, during the attack at Wieltje, Belgium.

Buried: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 13. Row D. Grave 1.

Private Bertram Fletcher is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. John the Baptist Church War Memorial, East Markham, Nottinghamshire.
East Markham War Memorial, East Markham, Nottinghamshire.