HEATH Loader Bert

  • First Name(s):
    Loader 
    Bert 
  • Surname:
    HEATH
  • Service Number:
    242492
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly Private 20449, Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    16th March 1918
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave XXVII. EE. 18.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Redditch, Worcestershire, enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Walter and Laura Heath, of Redditch; husband of Elizabeth Heath, 2, Rear of Turk’s Head, Worcester St., Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

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HEATH Loader Bert Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial
Redditch War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed as Bert Heath on both memorials.

Further Information About HEATH Loader Bert

On the 1911 census Bertie Heath, aged 16, Labourer, lived with his parents Walter and Laura Heath, 14 Silver Street, Redditch.

The following information has been researched by Andy Frisby:
Loader Bert Heath was born at Redditch in 1895.

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, 6th April 1918:
Mrs L Heath of Worcester Street has received official news that her husband Private L B Heath of the Worcestershire Regiment died on March 16th at the 3rd Canadian Clearing Station from pneumonia and meningitis.  Deceased had been wounded three times and leaves a widow and two children.

The following information has been researched by Brian Hill:
Loader Bert Heath was born on 4th April 1895 in Redditch. He married Elizabeth in January 1915 and entered the theatre of war sometime after 31st January 1915.

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Credits: Researched by Jillian Coombes.