BORN HULL 09/02/1895. SON OF GEORGE BEACH AND ADA GREGORY, AT 27 LIME STREET, HULL. SON OF A TAILOR. EDUCATED AT CHARTERHOUSE LANE, BOARD SCHOOL, HULL. WORKED AT THE HULL CITY SAW MILLS. ENLISTED HULL, 02/09/1914. HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR ELEVEN DAYS, WHEN HE WAS WOUNDED BY A SHELL BLAST, WHILE ON GUARD DUTY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT KENDAL COUNTY HOSPITAL, WESTMORELAND, ON 31/03/1915, AGED 20. UNMARRIED, BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE SPYVEE STREET MEMORIAL. ALSO RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME1.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 30TH MARCH 1915. AND THE HULL TIMES, ON 3RD APRIL 1915. *
NB: THOMAS C, BEACH, RE’S – 21 ST MARKS SQUARE, EDGAR STREET, HULL.
First name:
ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
11301
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/03/1915
Place died:
Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull, UK
Age:
20
