{"id":29513,"date":"2023-03-17T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T10:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=29513"},"modified":"2023-03-23T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T09:03:57","slug":"victor-shapiro-bertie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro, Bertie Victor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bertie Victor Shapiro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
2nd Bn.
Service no: 6464229
Died 1 Jul 1944
Buried Assisi War Cemetery, Italy and commemorated at East Ham Jewish Cemetery
Age 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Bertie was born on 8 October 1918 in Bethnal Green, London to Lithuania born Hyman, a retail tobacconist, and Jenny nee Kosminsky and he had a brother Edwin and a sister Irene. Hyman and Jenny married in the New Road Synagogue on 6 Sep 1914 and then Hyman served in WW1 in the 9th Russian Labour Corps before returning to his business as a tobacconist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bertie married Bertha Wolff in Bethnal Green, London on 22 August 1940 before he enlisted into the Army in 1941. Bertie died from his wounds in Italy and is buried at Assisi War Cemetery. His headstone has a Cross by default when a letter from the CWGC went unanswered by his family requesting information for his headstone. Information has been submitted to the CWGC and they have responded with: ‘Our case review found that there was clear evidence that the casualty identified as Jewish at the time of their death and Commission records show that the casualty\u2019s next of kin did not respond to express a preference for the content of the headstone. It has therefore been agreed that a Star of David should now be added to the headstone for Fusilier Shapiro’. <\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Bertie’s headstone will be changed to a Star of David<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"
Jewish Chronicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Hyman’s WW1 Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
1921 Census<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Bertie’s death record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Bertie & Bertha marriage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bertie Victor Shapiro Fusilier, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)2nd Bn.Service no: 6464229Died 1 Jul 1944Buried Assisi War Cemetery, Italy and commemorated at East Ham Jewish CemeteryAge 26 Bertie was born on 8 October 1918 in Bethnal Green, London to Lithuania born Hyman, a retail tobacconist, and Jenny nee Kosminsky and he had a brother… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29580,"parent":16625,"menu_order":1618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"\nShapiro, Bertie Victor | Remembering the Jews of WW2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shapiro, Bertie Victor | Remembering the Jews of WW2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bertie Victor Shapiro Fusilier, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)2nd Bn.Service no: 6464229Died 1 Jul 1944Buried Assisi War Cemetery, Italy and commemorated at East Ham Jewish CemeteryAge 26 Bertie was born on 8 October 1918 in Bethnal Green, London to Lithuania born Hyman, a retail tobacconist, and Jenny nee Kosminsky and he had a brother... View Article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Remembering the Jews of WW2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-23T09:03:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-2023-03-23T075544.616.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/\",\"name\":\"Shapiro, Bertie Victor | Remembering the Jews of WW2\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-2023-03-23T075544.616.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-17T10:57:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-23T09:03:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-2023-03-23T075544.616.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-2023-03-23T075544.616.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Army\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Shapiro, Bertie Victor\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/\",\"name\":\"Remembering the Jews of WW2\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Remembering the Jews of WW2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/logomain.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/logomain.png\",\"width\":1659,\"height\":447,\"caption\":\"Remembering the Jews of WW2\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shapiro, Bertie Victor | Remembering the Jews of WW2","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shapiro, Bertie Victor | Remembering the Jews of WW2","og_description":"Bertie Victor Shapiro Fusilier, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)2nd Bn.Service no: 6464229Died 1 Jul 1944Buried Assisi War Cemetery, Italy and commemorated at East Ham Jewish CemeteryAge 26 Bertie was born on 8 October 1918 in Bethnal Green, London to Lithuania born Hyman, a retail tobacconist, and Jenny nee Kosminsky and he had a brother... View Article","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/","og_site_name":"Remembering the Jews of WW2","article_modified_time":"2023-03-23T09:03:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-2023-03-23T075544.616.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/","name":"Shapiro, Bertie Victor | Remembering the Jews of WW2","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-2023-03-23T075544.616.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-17T10:57:58+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-23T09:03:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-2023-03-23T075544.616.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-2023-03-23T075544.616.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/victor-shapiro-bertie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Army","item":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Shapiro, Bertie Victor"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/","name":"Remembering the Jews of WW2","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#organization","name":"Remembering the Jews of WW2","url":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/logomain.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/logomain.png","width":1659,"height":447,"caption":"Remembering the Jews of WW2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29513\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}