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Pte. Edgar Joseph Beal
British Army 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sheffield
Edgar J. Beal had his WW1 medals forfeited for desertion. These were restored to him when he admitted desertion in front of the assembled Battalion.
2nd Lt. Ernest Frederick Beal VC.
British Army 13th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Brighton
(d.22nd March 1918)
Ernest Beal was killed in action on the 22rd of March 1918, aged 35. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery in Arras, France, he was the son of John J. W. and Jane Stillman Beal, of 55 East St., Brighton
An Extract from the London Gazette, dated 31st May, 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and determined leading when in command of a company detailed to occupy a certain section of trench. When the company was established, it was found that a considerable gap of about 400 yards existed between the left flank of the company and the neighbouring unit, and that this gap was strongly held by the enemy. It was of vital importance that the gap should be cleared, but no troops were then available. Organising a small party of less than a dozen men, he led them against the enemy. On reaching an enemy machine gun, 2nd Lt. Beal immediately sprang forward, and with his revolver killed the team and captured the gun. Continuing along the trench he encountered and dealt with another machine gun in the same manner, and in all captured four enemy guns, and inflicted severe casualties. Later in the evening, when a wounded man had been left in the open under heavy enemy fire, he, regardless of danger, walked up close to an enemy machine gun and brought in the wounded man on his back. 2nd Lt. Beal was killed by a shell on the following morning."
Corporal Joseph Henry Beal
British Army 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:22 Model Place, Darlington, County Durham
(d.4th Sep 1915)
Joseph Beal was born on the 5th May 1888 at 5 Elvins Yard Darlington, the son of Henry Beal a house painter and his wife Margaret Ann. Joseph was their second child, his sister Ethel being born in 1885. He was baptised on the 30th May 1888 in St John’s Church. In the 1891 census the family are living at 11 Ridsdale Street, in 1893 his sister Eva is born. By the time of the 1901 census twelve year old Joseph and the family have moved home and they are living at 13 Model Place. Across the street at number 20 lived Thomas and Sarah Jefferson and their family! As the years passed romance blossomed between Joseph and Faith Jefferson and on 6th October 1908 they married. The service was conducted at St Hilda’s the local parish church and the following year their daughter Gladys May was born and in 1910 Faith their second daughter was born. The 1911 census lists the family as living at 67 Model Place and Joseph is working as a labourer for the “North of England School Furnishing Co. Ltd”.
On the 4th August 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany and on the 17th August Joseph enlists in to the army. It must have been a difficult decision as he leaves behind his daughters and his wife whom is expecting their third child. I don’t think anyone could imagine how the events of the next twelve months would change the Beal family. Joseph joins the 10th Battalion of the DLI. As so much of Joseph’s service record is destroyed by fire it is difficult to trace all the events. However it does show him deployed in France as part of the “British Expeditionary Force”.
On the 16th November 1914 Faith give birth to a son and on the 13th December 1914 he is baptised Joseph Henry, St Hilda’s parish records show Faith and the children were living with her mother Sarah at 22 Model Place. On the 1st December Joseph is promoted to Lance Corporal without pay. In the New Year Faith’s health started to fail and Joseph returns home on compassionate leave! Faith is diagnosed as suffering from Acute Nephritis (inflammation of the kidney) and she passes away on 13th January 1915. The funeral takes place at West Cemetery on the 3rd February. Faith’s mother is made the children’s guardian and she is also named as Joseph’s next of kin.
On the 1st of February 1915 promotion to Lance Corporal is confirmed with pay and on the 8th of August he is promoted to Corporal, things for the Beal seem to be changing for the better. However this was not to last as on the 4th of September 1915 Joseph was killed in action near Ypres, France. Back home life became harder for Joseph’s three children as their Grandmother Sarah struggled to make ends meet. On the 5th January 1916 wrote to the paymaster in York requesting information on any monies due to the late Corporal Beal and on the 9th March 1916 was awarded a pension of 15/- a week for her and the three children. (In 2005 15/- is equal to around £32 a week) On the 4th April 1918 Sarah received the personal effects of Corporal Beal it was his army identity disc. The wheels slowly turned and on the 8th of August 1919 the infantry records office wrote asking for information to allow the release of Joseph’s commemoration scroll on the 15th of August Sarah completed an army document (W 8050) for the dependants of a deceased soldier this was then signed off by the Rev Cowgill. Joseph’s children grew up and married living in Darlington for their whole lives.
Pte. Percy Beal
British Army 2nd Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:53 High House Terrace, Sheffield
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Percy Beal was positioned north of Ypres in August 1915, which makes it highly likely that he was involved in the Second Battle of Ypres and the action in which a British mine was detonated at Hooge. Percy died of his wounds on the 9th of August 1915, which was the day in which the British 6th Division moved to occupy the crater as a defensive structure. Percy has no known grave, although his name appears on the Menin Gate Memorial, and also inside Sacred Heart Catholic church in Hillsborough, Sheffield. Percy's older brother Charles was also in the trenches at this time, and in a postcard home he writes that "I haven't heard from Percy, he moved up a fortnight ago, so keep writing him". This postcard is dated 30th of July 1915, ten days before Percy's Death.
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
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