Henry Beaumont (1886-1915)

Huddersfield and District Roll of Honour

This page is part of an ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, or who served in the military.

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, HENRY. Private. No 3/3463. 1st Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Born 23 Manchester Street, Huddersfield, 8.9.1886. Son of William and Gerthina Beaumont. Educated at Spring Grove Council School. Employed as a teamer by Messrs C. and J. Hirst of Longwood. Married. Lived 8 Parkin's Yard, Salford, Lockwood. Enlisted 1.1.1915. Reported missing, presumed killed, 8.5.1915, aged 29 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated on the MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.

ROH:- Emmanuel Church, Lockwood.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

• Private HENRY BEAUMONT
• regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
• died: Saturday, May 8, 1915
• age: 29 years
• record ID: 927183

Links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War

rank: Private

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

service number: 3/3463