Bertram William James Moxham

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Bertram William James Moxham was born in 1889 in Alvediston, Wiltshire and was baptised there on 13th October 1889. He was the son of Frank and Elizabeth Clara Moxham (née Frances). At the time of the 1911 Census he was then single, working as a Carter on a Farm and living at Trow, Alvediston. On 26th  December 1914 he married Amy Davenport and they lived together in Alvediston. Their son, Bertram R.E.Moxham, was born in 1915. Bertram enlisted in Devizes, Wiltshire, as a Private in the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 18889). He joined the 1st Battalion and served in France & Flanders from 6 Jul 1915. He died of wounds near Ypres, Belgium, on 31st July 1915 a mere 26 days after his arrival and was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, West Flanders, Belgium. (Grave ref. 1. D. 17). He is remembered on the Alvediston War Memorial. Records show that Amy, his wife, was living at "Scotland", Upper Woodford, Wiltshire, when she was awarded a widow's pension of 18s. 6d. per week (91p). She went on to re-marry Henry J. Phillips during 1920. Her son Bertram died in 1946, aged 31 years Bertram's brother, Samuel George Moxham, also served but survived the conflict.