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Pte. Percy Beal
British Army 2nd Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Percy Beal lived in the Park area of Sheffield and joined the Yorks & Lancs shortly before war was declared; probably in anticipation. He died of his wounds on 9th August 1915, during the successful British surprise attack which recaptured "the Crater" and what was left of the chateau at Hooge, two miles east of Ypres. Due to the subsequent shelling of the cemeteries there, his remains are not in a marked grave, though his name is, of course, recorded at the Menin Gate.
Pte. E. John Beale
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Kilmainham, Dublin
(d.13th April 1918)
Private Beale was the husband of Mary Beale of 2 Shannon Terrace, Old Kilmainham, Dublin.
He is buried in the Kilmainham (St. James) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Dublin City, Ireland.
Pte. Harry Beale
British Army 1st Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Aston
(d.12th Mar 1915)
Harry Beale is my great uncle. We found a postcard addressed to his brother in Birmingham when he was travelling on the train from Liverpool to Winchester in October 1914. He went to France shortly after and he died from wounds at the battle of Neuve Chappell. He served with the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and died age 23 on the 12th March 1915. He is buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery Extension.
L/Cpl. Joseph Daniel Beale
British Army 7th Btn. London Regiment
from:Newington, London
Grandadm Joseph Beale left a diary which started on the 7th June 1917 at the battle for the White Chateau on the Messines ridge. It finishes in November 1917 when he appears to have become ill. I am working on transcribing it fully.
Pte. Percy Bealey
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Wimblebury, Staffordshire
(d.8th October 1918)
My great-uncle, Percy Bealey, was killed in the Somme five weeks before the end of the war. He was only 19 years old.
My father and I visited his war grave to pay our respects in 1997 at the Forenville Military Cemetery, France. Very moving. We have no details about his service record or the events that led to his death. Thank you Percy for your sacrifice. He earned both the British War and Victory Medals
Pte. John Henry Robert Beament
British Army 22nd Btn. London Regiment
from:London
(d.17th Sep 1916)
My Great Uncle John Beament is listed on the Thiepval War Memorial in France.
Pte. Ellis Beamer
British Army 229th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Burnley
(d.18th Nov 1917)
Ellis Beamer served with 229th Machine Gun Company, 232nd Brigade, 75th Division during WW1 and died of wounds on the 18th November 1917, aged 22. He is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt. He was the son of James Ellis Beamer, of 14, Roebuck St., Burnley.
Pte. Ellis Beamer
British Army 229th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Burnley, Lancs
(d.18th Nov 1917)
Ellis Beamer died of wounds on 18th November 1917, aged 22. He is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt. He was the son of James Ellis Beamer of 14 Roebuck Street, Burnley.
Pte. Frank Rupert Beames
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Hatton, Feltham
(d.28th February 1917)
Frank Beames served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in WW1. He died 28th of February 1917 aged 21 years and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France. Son of James Rupert and Kezia Beames of The Limes, Hatton, Feltham, Middx.
Pte. H. G. Beamish
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Clonakilty, Co. Cork
(d.15th August 1916)
Private Beamish is buried near the right hand part of the Kilbrogan Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kilbrogan, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Rear-Adm. Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish
Royal Navy HMS Cordelia
Rear-Adm. Beamish fought in the Battle of Jutland, during which he was the Commanding Officer of HMS Cordelia.
Pte. Fredrick Beamont
British Army 18th Btn. London Regiment
from:London
(d.2nd May 1918)
Fredrick Beamont fought 1916 to 1918, he was killed and buried in Palestine, now the Jerusalem War Cemetery. He was Cousin to Sgt. Walden of Llondon 18th. and brother to Jenny Beamont who was married to Thomas Kearns of 18th London Irish Rifles. he is also related to Pte. Edwards of the 18th. He was father of John and Frank Edwards who were both killed in WW2
Cpl. E. Beams
British Army 278th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.5th July 1917)
E. Beams was the son of Thomas and Rachel Beams of 21 Maybury Street, Tooting, London. He served with 278th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. He was killed in action on 5th July 1917 age 27 and is buried in Dickiebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Belgium.
Pte. A. Beamson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Capt. Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean
Australian Imperial Force
from:Australia
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (18th November 1879 – 30th August 1968), usually identified as C.E.W. Bean, was an Australian schoolmaster, judge's associate, barrister, journalist, war correspondent and historian.
He was given the honorary rank of captain in the AIF and followed closely in the tracks of all the Australian infantry's campaigns. Bean landed at Anzac Cove at 10am on 25th April 1915, a few hours after the first troops had landed and he remained on the peninsula for most of the campaign, enduring the same squalid conditions suffered by the soldiers.
Pte. Edward Roy Bean
Canadian Army 2nd Battalion
from:Stirling, Ontario
(d.5th September 1916)
Roy Bean, was born June 22nd, 1892, in Belleville, Ontario. He grew up in Stirling, Ontario with his father John Bean. After finishing school, he worked as a farmer, until the Great War began in 1914, and he decided to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. After signing the attestation papers on September 24th, 1914, Roy joined the 2nd Battalion, Regiment no. 8066.
The CEF 2nd Battalion loaded onto the S.S. Cassandra on September 22nd, 1914, in Quebec City, Quebec. They stopped to pick up more troops at the Gasp Basin, then departed with a fleet of approximately thirty ships as the first of the Canadian infantry that contributed to the Great War. Over 32,000 Canadian soldiers were aboard those ships. The fleet reached England on October 25th, 1914 and immediately began training for battle.
The 2nd Battalions first battle was the Second Battle of Ypres in April of 1915, which was the first time chlorine gas was utilized in combat. They then went on to fight in the Battles of St. Julien, and Festubert. Though these battles, particularly his first, took many casualties, Bean was not among them and did not even require a stay in the hospital for injuries. However, in January of 1916 Bean contracted tonsillitis, and was confined to the hospital for a stint of time. Fortunately, he recovered well and was no worse for wear after the fact.
Beans final battle was the Battle of Pozieres, which took place in the summer of 1916. The battle ended on the 3rd of September, and poor Roy Bean almost made it through another battle relatively unscathed.
Unfortunately, he was wounded during the last few days of the war, and died of wounds in the hospital on September 5th, 1916. He is buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery in Somme, France. His headstone reads, in loving memory of my beloved husband killed in action, a testament from his wife Mabel Bean, who resided in Toronto. It is unclear upon reading documents when the two met, as his initial attestation papers state that he is single, but after his death his money and personal effects were sent to his wife Mabel.
2nd Lt. Ernest Edward Bean
British Army Norfolk Regiment
from:Norfolk
(d.11th Nov 1918)
2nd Lt. Ernest Bean served with the Norfolk Regiment and lost his life on the 11th of November 1918.
Quince Noble Bearco
British Army Royal Engineers
Qin Bearco was born in 1878 in Bedfordshire, son of Reuben Bearco & Rosa Kate Noble, brother of Alice Maud May Belgrove nee Bearco. He married in 1913 to Winifred Morriss & he died 1970 on the Isle of Wight.
2nd Lt. Lewis Digby Mansell Beard
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Dublin
(d.19th Oct 1916)
2nd Lt. Lewis Beard served with the Machine Gun Corps infantry. He died in October 1916 and is buried in Kilmainham (St. James) Church of Ireland churchyard, Dublin City. He is commemorated on the Grangegorman Memorial, County Dublin, Ireland.
2nd Lt. Lewis Digby Mansell Beard
British Army Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
(d.19th October 1916)
Second Lieutenant Beard is buried in the Kilmainham (St. James) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Dublin City, Ireland.
Rfmn. Richard Beard
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Smethwick, West Midlands
(d.23rd October 1916)
Sgt. Wilfred Beard
British Army 1/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Rotherham
(d.27th July 1916)
Wilfred Beard died on 27th July 1916 as a result of wounds received on the Somme.
Pte. William Beard
British Army Army Cycle Corps
Rflmn. William Grantham Beard
British Army 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Manchester
(d.30th Jul 1915)
William Beard died in the action at Hooge in July 1915. He is remembered on the Menin Gate.
Pte. Sidney Beardmore MM.
British Army 16th (1st Battalion Bradford Pals) Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Bradford, West Riding Yorkshire
Sidney Beardmore originally enlisted with 16th West Yorkshire Regiment (1st Battalion Bradford Pals) as private 16/1103. He departed from Liverpool in December 1915 after a year of basic training as part of the 93rd Brigade. They sailed on the Empress of Britain a Canadian steamship and docked at Port Said on 22nd December 1915 with orders to protect the Suez Canal. However as this theatre of the war was quiet the 93rd Brigade was ordered to France, departing Egypt 1st March 1916. The Brigade disembarked at Marseilles 6th March and traveled to their destination of Bertrancourt arriving 29th March. The time between then and 1st July was taken with preparations for the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Private Sidney Beardmore took part on the attack of Serre on 1st July when the Pals Battalions were virtually wiped out in the bloodiest day of the war for the British Army.
Sidney remained with the 16th West Yorkshire Regiment until the Battalion was disbanded in France in February 1918. He transferred to 13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and continued to act as a regimental stretcher bearer. During 1918 the 12th/13th Battalion were in the thick of the action first defending against the German "Spring Offensive" and then as part of the "100 Day Offensive" pushing the German Army back to the German border. Sidney was exceptionally busy as stretcher bearer and first-aider when the fighting of 1918 became open warfare. The Battalion suffered hundreds of casualties and Sidney was rescuing wounded comrades during periods of heavy fighting risking his own safety. He was wounded 18th September 1918 and returned to England for convalescence at Beacowood VAD hospital, Rednal, Worcestershire. He was awarded the Military Medal for his devotion to duty repeatedly rescuing comrades under fire. (Gazette issue number 31142 MM, Gazette date 21/1/19 page 1216). Sidney returned to France just prior to Armistice Day, ending the war with 25th Battalion Northumberland fusiliers who were located protecting lines of communication at Aumale. He ended the war as A.R. Class Z still a private.
Sister Beardsmore
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Sister Beardsmore was based at No 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux
Pte. Patrick Bearney
British Army 5th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin
(d.4th Dec 1915)
Patrick Bearney was born in Kingstown, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland and also enlisted there. After action in Gallipoli Private Bearney died of wounds in Salonika. He is buried in Salonika in Lembet Road Military Cemetery.
Cpl. Thomas Edward Bearryman
British Army 19th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Chelsea
Sgt. Daniel Beary DCM
British Army 467th Protection Coy. Royal Defence Corps
from:Pallas-Grean, Limerick.
(d.4th December 1918)
Daniel Beary (listed as Berry on CWGC database) was the Husband of Bridget Beary, of Barna, Pallas-Grean, Limerick. He was aged 48 when he died and is buried in the Ballinaclough Cemetery, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
Pte. Nicholas Beashel
British Army 6th Btn. South Wales Borderers
(d.10th Jul 1916)
Nicholas Beashel was born in Rush, County Dublin, and enlisted in Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, Wales. He was killed in action during the Battle of Albert in the Ovillers and La Boisselle area of France, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
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