Dates:
War Service:
Private G/10060 JOHN EDWARD BEELEY of 11th ( Lewisham) battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) was killed in action on 15 September 1916.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the war memorial at the parish church of St Mary, Lewisham.
Details:
He was 19 years old, the son of John Henry and Rose Christina Beeley, of 120, Courthill Rd, Lewisham. His brother Leslie died in 1917 while serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment.
Source:
Contributed By: Andy Pepper
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