No.320537, Private, Harold Edward BEAVIS
Aged 21
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Harold Edward BEAVIS was born London on 28th October 1896 (Pancras Q4-1896 1B:36), baptised in West Wickham on 20th December 1896, son of Mary BEAVIS. Apart from her birth in Horseheath in 1875 to William and Rebecca BEAVIS, and working as a servant in Horseheath in 1901, that is all that is definite about his mother. His mother died in 1900 and apparently his care devolved on his grandfather and aunt. 1901 census...Aged 4, he was "near The Green", West Wickham with his widower grandfather William BEAVIS [58] farm labourer born Horseheath and his aunt Elizabeth BEAVIS [22] born West Wickham. 1911 census...Aged 14, a farm labourer, he was at West Wickham with his grandfather William BEAVIS (now a shepherd) The pension has his "father" at West Wickham, This was of course his grandfather (died 1921) |
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He enlisted in Linton in the 8th Suffolks. He arrived in France on July 25th 1915. At sometime he was transferred to the 15th (Suffol Yeomanry).
The Suffolk Yeomanry on arriving in Egypt had to bid their horses goodbye and became an infantry unit, defending the Suez Canal and taking
Jerusalem in 1917
Since he died of his wounds in a base hospital it is impossible, without his service records, to say where or when he was wounded. Even his "personal effects" file is missing.
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