Son of Mr. R. H. Berry, of Bramhall Lodge, Bramhall Park, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. Formerly employed as a Surveyor in the the Borough Engineers’ Department of Bolton County Borough. Originally reported as missing after the battle of Mons, later unofficially as killed, and finally reported confirmed prisoner of war. Subsequently released by the Germans for internment in Holland. A territorial, he was activated at the start of the war and commissioned.