| Bertie Cull was the son of James and Mary Anne Cull. They were married about 1884.
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| James Herbert Ernest Cull was born about 1891 in County Louth. He was one of five children.
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| According to military records Bertie Cull as been born in Clogher, County Tyrone. However, no evidence of this can be found.
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| Known family: James Cull, Mary Anne Cull, Esther Anne Cull (born about 1886, Cavan), Florence Mary Cull (born about 1889, Cavan), James Herbert Ernest Cull (born about 1891, Louth).
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| The 1901 census lists James Herbert Ernest Cull as age 10, living at house 48 in Clogher, Tyrone. James’ father was a Clerk of Petty Sessions.
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| The 1911 census a does not list Bertie as living with the family in Clogher. It shows both parents to be still alive. James Cull was still a Clerk of Petty Sessions. His mother and two sisters worked in a millinery shop.
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| Bertie 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.
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| Lance Corporal Bertie Cull's 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.
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| Lance Corporal Herbert 'Bertie' Cull was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers killed in action at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915.
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| From the Tyrone Constitution dated 26th May 1916: Death of Private Neely
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| Mr James Neely, of Summerhill, Clogher, has just received the following letter from Colonel Ricardo, Commanding 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers:-
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| ‘In the Field, 12th May 1916. I wish to convey to you the sympathy of all ranks of the battalion in the sorrow that has come to you by the death of your son, Private G Neely. The battalion carried out a successful raid on the enemy’s trenches last Sunday night, inflicting severe loss on them. We were subjected to a very heavy bombardment for three and a half hours, and we had considerable casualties. Your son was a gallant soldier and a good comrade and we mourn his loss. The battalion was thanked on parade today by the Army Corps Commander on the gallantry shown by all ranks.’
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| Private Neely, who was not quite twenty years of age, thoroughly deserved the soldierly character given him by his colonel, and much sympathy is felt in the district fo his father and mother in their bereavement. Clogher school has twenty-five ex-pupils serving their country in the army in this great struggle, and Private Neely is the third to make the supreme sacrifice, the others being Lance Corporal Bertie Cull and Private Richardson Paisley.
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| 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.
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| Lance Corporal Bertie Cull is commemorated locally on Clogher War Memorial and on the WWI tablet in St Macartan's Cathedral in Clogher.
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| The CWGC record Lance Corporal Bertie Cull as the son of James and Mary A Cull of Grange Terrace, Newtownstewart, County Tyrone.
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