Basic Details
Surname
Bean
Forenames
D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Daniel
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 210 GNR Cottages, New England.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal D. Bean, regimental number P/13315, died on 14/11/1918 serving in the Military Mounted Police. He is buried in the north-east part of Mouscron (Moeskroen) Communal Cemetery in Belgium. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Daniel Bean was a native of Helpston, who was living in Peterborough when he enlisted. He initially served in the Royal Army Service Corps under regimental number T/4058004, before transferring to the Mounted Branch of the Corps of Military Police, under regimental number P/13315. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects records that he died in France, that his mother Ann was his legatee, and that the wounds from which he died were self-inflicted. On the 1911 census, Daniel had been recorded as being 14 years old, living with his parents John & Ann Bean at 232 Rogers Street, Peterborough, working as a Tram Parcel Boy. He was 22 years old when he died).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Military Police Corps
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Mounted Military Police
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
November
Day of death
14
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
210 GNR COTTAGES NEW ENGLAND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial