Name
George Beaumont
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3777
London Regiment
1st/9th (County of London) Bn. (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 9C.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, Watford Post Office Memorial, Wesleyan Methodist (now Bushey & Oxhey) Church Memorial, Oxhey
Pre War
Son of George and Nellie (nee FOSKETT) BEAUMONT.
His parents married 22 October 1892 at St Matthew’s, Oxhey, Herts. George died 1922 in Bushey, Herts, aged 52, and was buried 15 June in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford.
George was born 1895 in Watford, and baptised 21 June 1895 at St Matthew’s, Oxhey. He resided in Watford, and was employed by the Watford Post Office.
On the 1901 Census, aged 5 he lived in Oxhey, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, a Post Office messenger aged 15, he still lived in Oxhey, with his parents and one sibling.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in London, and was formerly Private 391103 9th London Regiment. He was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 9 May 1915, and was presumed killed in action.
Additional Information
Has a entry in the National Roll of the Great War.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
