Private M2/033009 Bertie Rouston
Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Service Corps - 29th Div. Supply Col.
Theatre of War: Egypt
Theatre of War First Served: (3) Egypt
Date Entered Therein: 29/03/1915
Age at death: 36
Date of death: 13th of August 1915
Born: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Resided: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Burial / Memorial: Alexandria Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery - K. 156.
BMD details:
2nd Qtr 1908 Bert Rouston to Edith Watson at Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Vol 7a - Page 1205.
Family details:
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Rouston; husband of Edith Jones (formerly Rouston), of 7, Coultham Terrace, Lincoln. Born at Lincoln.
Census details:
1881 - 4 years old Bertie is living at 7 Mount Pleasant, Lincoln with parents John (42), Elizabeth (36) and seven siblings: William (15), Sarah (13), Martha (10), Gertrude (8), Thomas (6), Edith (3), Fred (1). 1891 - 14 years old schoolboy Bertie is living at 56 Cross Street, Lincoln with parents John (51), Elizabeth (48) and four siblings: Gertrude (18), Thomas (16), Ellen (8), Edith (3). 1901 - 24 years old 'Cycle Maker' Bertie is living at 66 Cross Street, Lincoln with widowed mother Elizabeth L (58) and two siblings: Edith (22), Ellen E (19). Boarding at the address is David Windle (26). 1911 - Sees 31 years old 'Motor Mechanic' Bertie is living at 66 Cross Street, Lincoln with wife Edith (24) and two children John (3), Leonard (2). Also at the address is mother Elizebeth Rouston (67).
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