We remember Harold Beard

We remember Harold Beard

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Timeline

Timeline

1896
birth Waterfoot, Lancs United Kingdom Source:7407459 Source:9290785 1896
1914
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:259659 12th December 1914
1916
dates Age 20 Source:7407459 8th July 1916
enlistment Haslingden United Kingdom Source:9290785
service British Army Private 6381 East Lancashire Regiment Source:259659
service British Army Lance Corporal 26710 Machine Gun Corps Source:259659
service British Army Lance Corporal 26710 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 113th Coy. Source:259659
location Highfield, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancs. United Kingdom parents address Source:7407459
1916
death Killed in Action Source:7407459 Source:9290785 8th July 1916
burial Thiepval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France No known grave - commemorated on Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. Source:7407459

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Harold
Initials H
Last Name Beard
Source 259659
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Highfield, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancs. United Kingdom parents address
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 6381 East Lancashire Regiment Private
British Army 26710 Machine Gun Corps Lance Corporal
British Army 26710 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 113th Coy. Lance Corporal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
R.j. Beard father

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Ian105013
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Ian105013
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Ian105013

External Evidence

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Rossendale WW1 Casualties As Reported in the Rossendale Free Press Ian105013

Multimedia

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Rawtenstall Cemetery - Municipal War Memorial Ian105013
1914/15 Star, BWM and Victory Medal Ian105013
MGC cap badge Ian105013

Stories

We remember Harold Beard