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Surname: BECK
Forename(s): Herbert Harvey
Place of Birth: Bowness, Westmorland
Service No: 8780
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Scots Guards
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 2nd Battalion
Division: 7th Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1915-05-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 3 and 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: WRAY, LANCASHIRE
Additional Information:
Herbert Harvey Beck (born 18 April 1893) was the son of Frank and Mary Jane Beck, née Brennan. Frank was born at Dalton and Mary at Beetham, Westmorland.
1901 Leybourne, Kent Census: Stud Farm - Herbert H. Beck, aged 7 years, born Bowness, Westmorland, son of Frank and Mary J. Beck.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Herbert Harvey Beck, 8780, Scot. Gds. Disembarkation date: 7.10.14.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Herbert Harvey Beck, 8780, Scots Guards. Killed in Action 16.5.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Harvey Beck, 8780, 2nd Bn Scots Gds. Date and Place of Death: 16.5.15. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Frank. £12 13s. 7d.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Harvey Beck, 8780, Scots Gds. Date and Place of Death: 16.5.15. K. in A. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Frank. £0 1s. 11d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Herbert. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs M. Jane Beck. Relationship: Mother. Address: Park House, Wray, Roeburndale, Lancaster.
Herbert is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Photograph courtesy of Rosemary Sanders, Preston, Victoria, Australia.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BECK, Harry, aged 22, [Earby], Scots Greys, killed in action at Ypres May 16.
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Private Herbert Harvey BECK
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Scots Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 7th Division
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Private Herbert Harvey Beck
Courtesy of Rosemary Sanders, Preston, Victoria, Australia
Mary Jane Beck, née Brennan, the mother of Private Herbert Harvey Beck
Courtesy of Rosemary Sanders, Preston, Victoria, Australia
Frank Beck, the father of Private Herbert Harvey Beck
Courtesy of Rosemary Sanders, Preston, Victoria, Australia
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11 June 1915
EARBY - Former Resident Killed at Ypres
News has been received at Earby of the death of Pte. Harvey Beck, of the Scots Greys, who was killed at Ypres on May 16th during a severe engagement, in which a party of about 80 got cut off. Pte. Beck, who was 22 years of age, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Beck, of Windle Field Farm, Earby. They removed eight years ago to Roeburn, Wray, near Lancaster. He was an 'old boy' of Alder Hill School, and had been in the Scots Greys about three years.
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24 December 1915
CRAVEN'S ROLL OF HONOUR - EARBY
Pte. Harry Beck, Scots Greys, killed in action at Ypres on May 16th. Twenty-two years of age. When a boy he attended the Alder Hill School. The Beck family were formerly farmers in the Earby district.
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