BEARD Harry James

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
    James 
  • Surname:
    BEARD
  • Service Number:
    64245
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th September 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Trefcon British Cemetery, Caulaincourt, France, Grave C. 26.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr. H. Beard, of The Newlands, Pershore, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BEARD Harry James Is Named On These Memorials

Pershore Abbey

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: West Yorkshire Regiment

Further Information About BEARD Harry James

Harry Beard enlisted as a Driver in the Army Service Corps on 12th April 1915 at Worcester.  On his attestation paper he gave his age as 19 years 2 months and his occupation as a horse driver.  He was 5 feet 2½ inches tall, resident at Newlands, Pershore and his next of kin was his father, Harry Beard.  Harry was not married, he had no living brothers and sisters, naming only his parents, Harry and Alice Beard and an aunt and uncle on his statement of relatives.  In 1916 he was posted to Salonica, returning home on 12th November 1916, apparently for discharge or permanently for an unspecified reason.  However, in May 1917 Harry was transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment and was later posted to France on 28th August 1918.  He died of wounds at a Casualty Clearing Station on 24th September 1918.

Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives:
64245. Newlands (opposite Insull’s). 1st West Yorks.  Died from wounds in France on 24th October 1918.(incorrect month of death)

A photograph of Private H.J. Beard of Pershore can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 23rd November 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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