BEASLEY Arthur

  • First Name(s):
    Arthur 
  • Surname:
    BEASLEY
  • Service Number:
    20648
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th June 1916
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XI. H. 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John and Rosannah Beasley, of Brettal Town, Netherend, Cradley, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire

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BEASLEY Arthur Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window

Further Information About BEASLEY Arthur

Arthur Beasley was the son of John and Rosanna Beasley of Netherend, Cradley. He volunteered for the Worcesters and joined the 9th (Service) Battalion which was sent out to Gallipoli in 1915. The original landings had turned into a stalemate which the new landings failed to break. After the evacuation of the peninsula the 9th moved on to Mesopotamia to continue the war with the Turks. This was an equally difficult campaign up the Tigris in 1916 and the failure to prevent the surrender of Kut lowered morale considerably. In the heat of Summer the Worcesters were only occasionally on the attack and, in attempting to reach an outpost named Sodom, there were casualties. Among them was Private Arthur Beasley.

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