Name
John William Beeton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/06/1917
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
22066
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
I. S. 20.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, Holy Saviour Church War Memorial, Radcliffe Rd., Hitchin, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
His home was at 18, Trevor Road, Hitchin and he was the son of the late Michael Beeton and Mrs Beeton. As a child he was a schoolboy at St. Mary's School, Hitchin. Later he was a bass singer in the choir at St. Mary's Church.
He was apprenticed to Mr A.W. Hayter the organ builder of Letchworth but before joining up was employed by the Great Northern Railway. He had been born in Hitchin, resided there and in February 1915 volunteered in Bedford for service.
Wartime Service
John was given Regimental Number 22066 in the 8th Bedfords. He went to France in 1916 and served on the Somme and at Cambrai. He was killed in action in France.
At the time of his death the Battalion was in the Hulluch Sector in the area of Posen Alley with trench raids taking place on both sides.
He was buried in Plot I, Row S, Grave 20 in the Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines
