Biography of Captain Bertram Allgood 1874-1914
Paternal Family Tree: Allgood
On 11 Feb 1874 Captain Bertram Allgood was born to Major-General George Allgood (age 46) and Elizabeth Clayton (age 37) at Bellingham [Map].
On 15 May 1897 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 23) was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles.
On 10 Aug 1898 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 24) was appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles.
On 06 Feb 1904 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 29) was appointed Captain in the Royal Irish Rifles.
Before 1905 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 30) was serving with the 1st Battalion at Calcutta, India during the South African War.
On 19 Oct 1906 [his father] Major-General George Allgood (age 78) died at Blindburn [Map].
On 19 Nov 1911 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 37) was appointedwas appointed Adjutant of the 4th Battalion at Newtownards which appointment until he retired from the Army in February 1914
In Apr 1913 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 39) and Isobel Edith Cochrane Bayly were married.
After 1914. St Mungo's Church, Simonburn [Map]. Memorial to Captain Bertram Allgood (age 39).
In Aug 1914 [his daughter] Elizabeth Mary Cochrane Allgood was born to Captain Bertram Allgood (age 40) and [his wife] Isobel Edith Cochrane Bayly.
On 14 Aug 1914 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 40) was recalled and joined the 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
On 07 Nov 1914 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 40) went to the Front.
On 07 Dec 1914 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 40) was killed in action at Ypres. He was shot by a sniper while taking his men into the trenches. He was the first officer serving with 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles to be killed. He was buried in a cemetery at Estaires near Ypres, Belgium.
In or after 1915 Charles Richard Sherriff and [his wife] Isobel Edith Cochrane Bayly were married.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reverend Major Allgood
Great x 3 Grandfather: Isaac Allgood
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Pye
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lancelot Allgood
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Allgood
GrandFather: Robert Lancelot Allgood
Father: Major-General George Allgood
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hunter of The Hermitage and Medomsley
GrandMother: Elizabeth Hunter
Mother: Elizabeth Clayton