| Birth | Bertie Edward Mountifield was born 1884 in Clapham, London, England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Birth 1884, DecQ Mountifield, Bertie Edward. Wandsworth 1d,593. (GBCivRegInd LDS6102103.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1901 (31 Mar 1901). At home with family. Islington at Hornsey Rd Police Station. Bertie Mountifield, son, 16, railway clerk, b. London Clapham. (GBCens1901 RG13/167 95:16.) |
| Marriage | He married Ruth Gertrude Waud, daughter of Charles Baetens Waud and Harriet Gertrude Stentiford, 1906 in New Zealand. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX NZ Marriage 1906 #1564 Bertie Edward Mountifield. (NZCivRegInd LDS6341154 1906.) |
| INFO | REPORT OF TRAGIC FIRE. Evening Post [Wellington NZ], 17 Feb 1911, p.3. Auckland. 16th February. Report of injuries and casualties in the Ponsonby-street [Auckland] fire: Charles Porteous, 33, dangerously burned; Edith Porteous, 30, severely injured, condition critical; Charles Porteous, 8, slightly burned; Hettie Porteous, 7, burned to death; Arthur Porteous, 5, burned to death; Philip Waud, 12, slightly injured; Herbert Mountfield, 29, severely burned; Ruth Mountfield, 26, burned about the hands and feet. [A report of the fire follows and is summarized here.] The ground floor of the building on Ponsonby-street that burned was occupied by Charles Porteous for his fish-retailing business. The Porteous family lived in the upper story. The Mountfield famiy had recently moved to Auckland and were living with the Porteous family. Mrs Porteous and Mrs. Mountfield were sisters. The occupants heard an explosion in the shop area about 10 p.m. and tried to escape the fire from the windows of the front room upstairs over the verandah. The metal roof of the verandah became red-hot from the flames below. All in the family were severely burned in their escape attempt. Two of the young children were fatally burned. (Evening PosPP) NOTE: This dramatic story was reported in newspapers across New Zealand. |
| INFO | MOUNTFIELD DETAILS from fire report. Evening Post [Wellington NZ], 17 Feb 1911, p.3. Auckland, 16th February. The Mountfield family was living with the Porteous family at the time of the fire: "Mr. and Mrs. Mountfield had just arrived a week or two ago from the North where Mr. Mountfield had occupied the position of accountant to the Kiripaka Sawmilling Company. They had stored their furniture in Mr. Porteous's house, and this was totally destroyed. Mr. Mountfield had an insurance of £100 on his proptery . . ." Mr. Mountfield's first-person report of the fire is quoted in this newspaper account. (EveningPosPP.) |
| INFO | METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE. Bertie E. Mountifield joined 16 Dec 1912 in the Kentish Town Division Y (Highgate in Kew records) of District 2. Warrant number 102058, rank Police Constable. Promoted 8 Jun 1923 to PS(2)=2nd class CID Sargeant at Kings Cross Division G (Findsbury in Kew records), and resigned without pension 30 May 1924. Police orders database contains 10 addl entries for minor rank change/ or pay increase between 1912 and 1924. (PoliceOrders warrant# 102058.) |
| Death | Bertie Edward Mountifield died 1963 in St. Pancras, England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Death 1963 MarQ St Pancras 5d,504 Mountifield, Bertie Edward age 78. (GBCivRegInd LDS6103588.) |
Bertie Edward Mountifield