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Surname: BEAUMONT
Forename(s): Albert Edward
Place of Birth: Bournemouth, Hampshire
Service No: 3028
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: London Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 1/18th (County of London) Battalion. (London Irish Rifles)
Division: 47th (1/2nd London) Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1915-07-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 97.
CWGC Cemetery: MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Albert Edward Beaumont was the son of William and Jane Beaumont, née Oatley. William was born at Poplar, Middlesex and Jane at Bath, Somerset.
1891 Bournemouth, Hampshire Census: School House, St. Paul's Road - Albert E. Beaumont, aged 8 years, born Bournemouth, son of William and Jane Beaumont.
1901 Bournemouth, Hampshire Census: St. Paul's School - Albert E. Beaumont, aged 18 years, born Bournemouth. Pupil Teacher. Son of William and Jane Beaumont.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Albt E. Beaumont, 3028, 18/Lond. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 9.3.15. K. in A. 2.7.15.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Rfm Albt Ed. Beaumont, 3028, 18/Ldn. Theatre of war in which served: 1(a) [France and Belgium] 9.3.15 to 2.7.15. D. [of] W. 2.7.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Rfmn Albert Edward Beaumont, 3028, 18th Bn Lon. Reg. Date and Place of Death: 2.7.15. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and Sole Legatee - Wm. £7 18s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Albert not found.
Albert is commemorated in Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914-1918.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: London Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 47th (1/2nd London) Division
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30 July 1915
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Rifleman A. E. Beaumont, of the First 18th London Irish Rifles, brother of Mr. F. Beaumont, Nelson Road, Ilkley, has been killed in action in Flanders, by being struck with shell splinters in the stomach.
Before the war he was a teacher of languages in Ghent, and was the last Englishman to leave the city when the Germans occupied it. He got through the German lines into Holland, and landed in England just before Christmas. He then joined the London Irish Rifles, and was drafted to France about Easter, being attached to headquarters staff as interpreter. He was 32 years old.
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