Greenwood,+Bertram

Pioneer, of Keighley - suffering from gas enteric. Served in W.R Regiment and later the Royal Engineers. Service number 12963. Enlisted 10-12-15 when aged 22 years and 8 months, he was an electrician by trade.
 * Bertram Greenwood**

To Reserve. Joined BEF in France on 26-10-16. Transferred to Royal Engineers on 14-3-16. Posted to Special Brigade with rank of Pioneer on 15-3-16. On 16-1-19 declared B11 fit and granted a pension. Demobed on 13-2-19. NOK was his mother Clara Greenwood of 19 Emily St. Keighley.

Born at Platts Common Near Barnsley in 1893. He was the son of Frederick (b1861 in Oxenhope ) and Clara nee Fawcett. Frederick was a joiner. Bertram married Annie Childs in 1925 at Ingrow when he was a 32year old motor driver. He died in 1976 aged 83 years.

Brother to George Greenwood, born 1888, who died on 23-4-16 of injuries and is buried at Utley Cemetery. Cousin to Claude Greenwood, born 1888 in Oxenhope who was killed on 12-10-18 and commemorated on the Oxenhope war memorial.