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JAMES BEAUMONT
Kingston upon Hull HU2 8AU
England
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ALBERT ERNEST BEAUMONT WHO DIED IN 1897. STEP SON OF ELISH AND ANNIE HALES. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER.
HE MARRIED CATHERINE LARVIN IN 1913. THEY LIVED AT 13, HARDINGS SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL AND 36, WEST STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR DAUGHTER MARY, BORN ON 14/8/1913 (WAR PENSION RECORDS).
HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 23/11/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 672 AND 80560, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 09/09/1917, AGED 36. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING .
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW, CATHERINE.
| Name | James Beaumont |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1891 |
| Death Date | 9 Sep 1917 |
| Death Place | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Battalion | 21st Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) |
| Regimental Number | 44126 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 80560, East Yorks Regt. |
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