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Stanley Charles Beer

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortejaar:
1891
Geboorteplaats:
Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Schilder

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Wales, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Service nummer:
46534
Dienstneming plaats:
Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Eenheden:
 —  Welsh Regiment, 2nd Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
17/11/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Auber Junction, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
26

Begraafplaats

Poelcapelle British Cemetery
Plot: XVII
Rij: D
Graf: 18

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 2

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#2 Dienstneming plaats

Mijn verhaal

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.

Bestanden 2

Bronnen 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.
Gebruikte bronnen
Ancestry
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
Verdere verwijzing
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?firstName=Stanley%2BJones&lastName=Beer&serviceNumber=46534
Gebruikte bronnen
The long long trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Gebruikte bronnen
War Diaries
http://www.nmarchive.com
Verdere verwijzing