Bertie Roughton

1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

Died of Wounds France and Flanders 22/08/1918

Private Bertie Roughton (4266) of 1/7th Battalion seen in the main picture on the left (1916)
He died of wounds in France not long after this was taken on 22nd August 1916
 

My Uncle Bertie was just 20 years old, when he signed up to fight in WW1.

He joined the 1st/ 7th Worcester Regiment.

He left a new wife who was pregnant and I don't think he ever got to see his baby son,also named Bertie.

He died in France, on or near, the Somme on Tuesday 22nd of August, 1916.

Died of Wounds

Photos and extra information  submitted by Barry Roughton (Bertie's nephew)