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2nd Lt. · 19 Royal Fusiliers

Bertram John Hubbard

† 01/12/1917 · aged 22 · Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery. Sp. Mem A 2; personal inscription: JESU MERCY

Personal data

NameHubbard
InitialsB.J.
Christian nameBertram John
Date and place of birthAddington Manor, nr Buckingham; 27.08.1895
Address32 Draycott Place, Middlesex
FamilySon of the Hon Evelyn Hubbard, and Evelyne Maude, daughter of Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal.

Extra information

Information 1
Educated at Wellington House, Westgate-on-Sea, at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford
Information 2
His father was MP for Lambeth and a director of the Bank of England

Military data

Rank2nd Lt.
Regiment / Unit19 Royal Fusiliers
Date of death
Age22
Cemetery / MemorialGouzeaucourt New British Cemetery. Sp. Mem A 2; personal inscription: JESU MERCY

Other information

Information 1
Signed Visitors' Book on 1 April 1916, with his older brother Harold Evelyn, Chaplain to the Forces
Information 2
M.C. (31.07.1917)
Information 3
Served as Lt. in 4 Grenadier Guards when killed in action. The Guards’ chaplain was the Rev. Alfred Llewellyn Jones, Tubby’s fellow Portsea Curate.
Information 4
Name on Memorial Plaque in Addington Church

Media

Sources

Source 1
VB 1, p.65
Source 2
BRT 36