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Private Edwin Forest Beaumont

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1892-05-01
Place of birth: Hamilton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Elizabeth Beaumont, mother, 285 Clifton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Painter
Address: 160 Markland Street, Hamilton, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1918-09-27
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 240619
Highest Rank: Private (102nd Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 102nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
  3. Private, 164th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Bourlon Wood

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 259663
LAC ID: 32548
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0563-S009
Uploader's Notes: 2 years prior service with 13th Royal Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Beaumont, of 266 1/2, Garside St., Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.; husband of Jennie Beaumont, of 92, North Avenue, Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, England.

CEF Burial Registers - this soldier was killed by enemy shell fire while taking part with his Battalion in military operations near BOURLON WOOD. No details are available relative to the actual circumstances under which he met his death.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 164th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 205th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 102nd Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-05-02