Herbert – Beamiss – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 30/12/1917
Title
Herbert – Beamiss – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 30/12/1917
Initials / forenames
Herbert
Surname
Beamiss
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Bedfordshire Regiment, 5th Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
21776
Railway department
Cambridge
Railway job
Acting Fireman
Date died
30/12/1917
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, August 1918, p165
Memorial
Chatby Memorial, Egypt
Notes
Age 19. Joined the GER in April 1916 as a temporary engine cleaner. Later appointed acting fireman. Enlisted in April 1917, drowned on the way to Egypt when the troopship Aragon was torpedoed off Alexandria.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society); bedfordregiment.org.uk
Date entered
03/10/2016
Last updated
03/10/2016
Citation
“Herbert – Beamiss – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 30/12/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61484.