Pte
Stanley Charles Beer

Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1891
Lieu de naissance:
Swansea, Glamorgan, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Peintre

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
46534
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Swansea, Glamorgan, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  Welsh Regiment, 2nd Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
17/11/1917
Lieu de décès:
Auber Junction, Jonkershove, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
26

Cimetière

Poelcapelle British Cemetery
Parcelle: XVII
Rangée: D
Tombe: 18

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 3

#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu d'enrôlement
#3 Lieu du décès (approximatif)

Mon histoire

Stanley Charles Beer, a 26-year-old painter from Swansea, Glamorgan, was killed in the aftermath of the Battle of Passchendaele. He left behind his young wife, Beryl.

At the time of his death, Stanley served in the, 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, of the 1st Division.

Stanley’s Battalion was attached to the 1st Brigade on 14 November 1917 and moved into the Brigade’s frontline on the 15th. The 2nd Welsh took up positions between Sourd and Source Farm, on the Goudberg, north of Passchendaele. The line was a string of shell holes in a wet and boggy landscape. German aeroplanes controlled the sky above the Passchendaele Ridge. They documented the allied positions, which were constantly shelled by the German artillery

On the 17th, 10 other ranks of the 2nd Welsh were killed by German shellfire. Stanley Charles Beer, 26, was one of the men killed in action on 17 November 1917. According to his Burial Return Sheet, Stanley’s remains were exhumed near Auber Junction in the Houthulst Forest, which was in German hands. He now rests in Poelcapelle British Cemetery.

Fichiers 2

Sources 5

"Welsh at War. Through Mud to Victory: Third Ypres and the 1918 Offensives. John S. Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2018, dl 3, pg. 56-61.
Sources utilisées
Ancestry
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
Autre référence
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?firstName=Stanley%2BJones&lastName=Beer&serviceNumber=46534
Sources utilisées
The long long trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Sources utilisées
War Diaries
http://www.nmarchive.com
Autre référence