Bartrim,+Clement

Born on the 1st December 1896 to parents Alfred and Emma Bartrim. Alfred was a Fitter and Turner at a Worsted Machine Works. Emma was a Dressmaker. Baptised 13th January. Living at 54, Marlborough Road, Keighley. Clement's occupation: Apprentice Draper and Hosier. Army service: 11th December. Pontefract. Called for war service, aged 20 years. Service number 87463. Service for Duration of war. Civilian occupation: Draper's assistant. Religious denomination: Church of England. Height 5 feet 6.5 inches. Chest 32 inches - expansion 2 inches. 12th December. Posted to Depot York and Lancaster Regiment. 14th December. Posted 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. 14th May. Transferred to 43 Labour Corps. 29th January Rejoined(?) 9th to 23rd April 1919. Leave. 27th September Beau-Marais Reception Camp (probably Beau Marais, near Aisne). Posted to 296 Prisoners of War Company. 29th October. Medical examination - no disabilities from service. Document stamped Labour Corps Record Office Nottingham 29th October 1919. 2nd November. Discharged from 104 POW company. Medical category B2. Medal index card: Private in Lincolnshire Regiment. Service number 37890. Private Labour Corps. Service number 25284. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal for war service. Electoral Rolls: Lived at several addresses in Keighley until last record at Beech Nook in 1948.
 * Private Clement Bartrim**
 * 1897:** Birth registered at Keighley in the 1st quarter.
 * 1901:** Census. Aged 4 years. Living at 54, Marlborough Road, Keighley with his parents and seven siblings.
 * 1911:** Census. Aged 14 years. Living at 54, Marlborough Road, Keighley with his parents and six siblings.
 * 1916:** 16th November. Examined - Physical condition 'Poor'
 * 1917:** 10th March. Transferred to Lincolnshire Regiment (Labour Company) at Brocton Camp [Garrison Company - Home].
 * 1918:** 19th January. OC Coy ###(?). To 19C R S ###(?)
 * 1919:** 31st January. Posted to 104 POW Company.
 * 1940:** 1st quarter - Marriage to Ruth Barraclough in Keighley.
 * 1988:** Wednesday 19th October. Death.

DEATH PLUNGE OF WAR POET A 92 year old Keighley war poet died on Wednesday after falling down a lift shaft at Royd Hill nursing home, Sutton. Mr Clement Bartrim, who wrote poems while on active service in the First World War, was taken to hospital but died later. Police and the Factories Inspectorate are investigating how Mr Bartrim fell down the 15-20 ft shaft, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. An inquest was due to open yesterday for identification. It is understood Mr Bartrim was on the second floor of the building and the lift was at the bottom of the shaft when the accident happened. Mr Bartrim, who previously lived at Garforth Road, Keighley, formerly ran a men's outfitters in Cavendish Street. His poems were sent to the Imperial War Museum library.
 * Keighley News obituary/report dated Friday 21st October:**


 * 1989:** April. Death registered in Keighley, aged 92 years.

Clement's poetry has been researched by Lucy London about Forgotten World War One Poets

Keighley Library holds copies of Clement's poetry edited by Ian Dewhirst. It is entitled "The Awkward Squad and Other Verses".

There is a display in Cliffe Castle Museum, of a 'trench art' decorated brass shell case. (could not get a decent image of it) Descriptive text on the display cabinet: 6. Decorated Shell Case 1917-19 Clement Bartram (sic) was a Keighley man and a poet. During the First World War he became a soldier in the 4th Lincoln Company. In between building hangars, unloading coal, burying the dead and guarding prisoners of war he found time to decorate these brass shell cases. The cases originally held explosives.