Harry Beaumont (c.1889-1915)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- BEAUMONT, HARRY. Private. No 3552. 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Holmfirth. Son of Hirst and Harriet Beaumont, New Fold, Holmfirth. Employed as a plasterer's labourer by Mr John Haigh. Enlisted December 1914. Died of pneumonia at Thoresby Camp, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, 27.5.1915, aged 25 years. Buried with full military honours in St. JOHN'S CHURCHYARD, UPPERTHONG. Grave location:- B, north of Church, B, 27. (Brother of Private GEORGE WILLIAM BEAUMONT, killed in action, 3.9.1916, q.v.).
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private BEAUMONT
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Thursday, May 27, 1915
- record ID: 2752013