Basic Details
Surname
Beaumont
Forenames
Granville
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. A dresser for a mill company who enlisted in July 1916, he died quickly from a shrapnel wound in a dressing station and is also commemorated on the Arras Memorial. His younger brother, Albert, is on the same Arras Memorial, as well as this one, and was killed only 7 weeks later.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Arras
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Richebourg
Cemetery
St Vaast Post British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
March
Day of death
12
Age at death
31
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds