Sergeant Scott Bartleman

1884 - 1915  (31 years)

• Name	Scott Bartleman
  Prefix	Sergeant
  Born	24 Jan 1884	Dinnet, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	war, misfortune, life story
  Military	WW1 - 111th Battalion  [1]
  Military	1914	WW1   [2]
  	WW1, 11TH battalion, Service #730043
  Military	1914	WW1   [1]
  	Ww1, Sergeant, 111th Battalion,
  Misfortune	killed in WW1
  Residence	, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	, England   [1]
  Residence	15 Anslie St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Died	18 Nov 1915	Lens, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [1]
  Residence	Abt 1916	Ainslie St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-100445P
  Person ID	I100445	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Galt chauffeur Scott Bartleman, 33, was leading his men over no man's land on the first day of battle when a German bullet tore into his stomach. He died in the night a few hours later. That same day, his brother was wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel and survived. Bartleman was a poetic writer who contributed theatre reviews and commentary to the local newspaper. Before he was killed, he wrote home about heavy fighting, intimating that he might not see Canada again. He sent back home for safekeeping a gift he'd received before he departed for the Western Front. The newspaper speculated he "had a premonition that he would meet his death." Bartleman pondered God's plan six weeks before fighting and dying at Hill 70. In a moment of peace, he wrote home to reveal how the astonishing beauty of the French countryside exhilarated him, making him feel of small import "when contrasted with such evidence of the existence of a supreme being so all powerful and wonderful." Outhit, J. (2017). Poet soldier foresaw his death at battle that was 'worse than Vimy' | TheRecord.com. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7502417-poet-soldier-foresaw-his-death-at-battle-that-was-worse-than-vimy-/

  
  

• Sources

  [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers, Waterloo-158169P.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Jan 1884 - Dinnet, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - - , Scotland Residence - - , England Died - 18 Nov 1915 - Lens, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Residence - Abt 1916 - Ainslie St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth