Edwin George Tratt
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 201693 and 5114
Parents: Edwin George William and Almenia Tratt
Home address: The Schoolhouse, Merrywood, Bristol
Date of birth: 24/10/1895
Place of birth: Almondsbury, Bristol
Date of death: 04/02/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Assevillers New British Cemetery, Somme, France. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 21
Further information:
Edwin served with the 1st/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Edwin’s battalion mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne at the end of March 1915, where the formation became the 144th Brigade of the 48th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including, in 1916 The Battle of Albert and The Battle of the Ancre. Edwin is recorded as being killed in action, but on the day of his death his battalion was not involved in a specific engagement therefore it is possible that Edwin was a victim of daily trench warfare which accounted for 300 deaths per day throughout the war. Edwin, along with many of his fallen comrades, was reburied in Assevillers Cemetery after the Armistice when soldiers were brought in from other burial grounds and the battlefields.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/