244890 Pte. Hugh Beattie British Army 7th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers (d.5th September 1916) Hugh Beattie joined the war as part of Kitchener's second new army.
On the 5th of September 1916, with his colleagues, Hugh dug in at Falemont Farm, a German stronghold taken that day. They prepared to assault the nearby energy Combles Trench.
As the Battalion struggled through a waist-high cornfield and dense weeds, they encountered wire entanglements hidden within and as they struggled forwards, German machine guns cut them apart. Another attempt was made that evening only to be further decimated and with their final casualty figures for the day resting at 273 men.
Hugh's body was never recovered and his name is carved into the Thiepval Memorial.
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