9800 L/Cpl Bertie Cull of the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was another Gallipoli casualty. He lost his life exactly ninety four years ago today: 21st August 1915.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that Bertie was 24 years old and the Son of Mary A Cull of Grange Terrace, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, and the late James Cull. Soldiers Died in The Great War states that he was born at Clogher, County Tyrone, and enlisted at Navan, County Meath.
Bertie's number indicates that he was a regular soldier who joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in January or February 1910. His medal index card at the National Archives notes his entitlement to the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory medals. He first arrived overseas, at Gallipoli, on 25th April 1915.
Like so many Gallipoli casualties, Bertie has no known grave and he is one of nearly 21,000 men commemorated on the imposing Helles Memorial.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
I've borrowed the image on this post from The Irish in Uniform website. War artist L A Wilcox painted this scene of the 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers landing at Gallipoli on the day that Bertie Cull "arrived": 25th April 1915.
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