Herbert – Beamiss – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 30/12/1917

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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 12, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61484.