Private 19782 John William BEARDSMORE

Private 19782 John William Beardsmore{gallery}Pte J W Beardsmore{/gallery}8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
Killed in action, Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 20th July 1916, aged 29

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of George and Harriet Beardsmore
• Brother of Private 3523 George Henry Beardsmore
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford

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Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Beardsmore
• Thiepval Memorial
• Devonshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1887 at Willenhall, Staffs
  
• Lived as a lodger in Sheerness, Kent [1901]
  
• Living at 57 Haunchwood Road, Stockingford [1901 & 1911]
• Employed as a coal miner [1911]
• Residing in Coventry [1914 – Soldiers Who Died in Great War]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Disembarked in France 16 Oct 1915