BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HENRY BEAUTIMAN AND BERTHA FOSTER, AT 95 BEAN STREET. HE WAS A FORMER NER PORTER WORKING AT THE STEPNEY LANE STATION, BEVERLEY ROAD.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL WITH HIS BROTHER HARRY. THEY BOTH JOINED THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (RAILWAY PALS) WHICH WERE RECRUITED AT KING GEORGE DOCK, IN HULL. JOHN LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND BATTALION. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 04/11/1918, AGED 24. A WEEK BEFORE THE WAR ENDED.
UNMARRIED. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, HARRY, THOMAS, GEORGE AND LILLIAN. HIS BROTHER THOMAS, DIED OF WOUNDS IN 1920 AND IS BURIED IN HULL.
NB: PTE. HARRY BEAUTIMAN, 79, 17TH NFUS, LIVED AT 48 SOUTH PARADE, HULL.
First name:
JOHN EDWARD
Military Number:
17/602
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/11/1918
Place died:
Busigny Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
24
