Fred – Beard – Great Western Railway – Able Seaman – 01/11/1914
Title
Fred – Beard – Great Western Railway – Able Seaman – 01/11/1914
Initials / forenames
Fred
Surname
Beard
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Royal Navy
Military rank
Able Seaman
Military number
196362
Railway department
Locomotive Department, R Shop, Swindon
Railway job
Labourer
Ship
HMS Good Hope
Date died
01/11/1914
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1915, p2. Photo: January 1915, p18
Memorial
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Notes
Age 35, had worked at Swindon Works for three years. He was a naval reservist, and before joining the Navy had worked at Swindon station for four years. He died when the HMS Good Hope was lost with all hands in the Battle of Coronel.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)
Date entered
17/01/2017
Last updated
17/01/2017
Citation
“Fred – Beard – Great Western Railway – Able Seaman – 01/11/1914,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 13, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61473.