Private 20001 Joseph Robert BEALE

Private 20001 Joseph Robert Beale{gallery}Pte J R Beale{/gallery}6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Formerly Pte 2363 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died of wounds in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), 10th October 1917, aged 20

• Buried: Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VII.C.44
  
• Awarded: 1914 Star British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph and Florence Beale
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Abbey Street School | St Mary’s Abbey Church
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Beale
• Mendinghem Military Cemetery
• Dorsetshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 7 May 1897 and baptised 14 Jun 1899 at Nuneaton
• Lived at 45 Tuttle Hill, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 67 Fife Street, Nuneaton
  
• Enlisted at Coventry. Arrived in France 22 Aug 1914. It looks as if Joseph enlisted at age 17.