Pte
George Henry Beach
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 13/07/1897 |
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Place of birth: Coldwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada |
General information
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Last known residence: Coldwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada |
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Profession: Farmer |
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Religion: Methodist |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 201537 |
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Enlistment date: 06/10/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 1st Bn. (Ontario Regiment) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 06/11/1917 |
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Place of death: Mosselmarkt, Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 20 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: Panel 10M |
Points of interest 4
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My story
"Killed in Action." This soldier was shot through the heart by a piece of shrapnel from an enemy shell which exploded directly over the trench, and instantly killed.
Sources 4
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Census of Canada, 1901 (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG31-C-1). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, Box 529 - 12). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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War diaries: 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC),RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4913, Microfilm reel number: T-10704--T-10705, File number: 351). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, 1992-93/314; Volume Number: 151). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/922046 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=829daf47-7b9e-41ae-83b3-1153673fa0e6 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5564457 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/922046 |