The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Sergeant J A Beale
Serjeant John Abraham BEALE, G/8262, "B" Company, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 7th October 1916, age 32.
Born Shoreham, Kent, son of John and Betsy Beale, of 148, Leander Road, Brixton Hill.
Husband of Edith Mary Beale, of 10, Beechdale Road, Brixton Hill, London.
1911 Census - 199 Barcombe Avenue, Streatham Hill, SW - John Abraham Beale, head, age 26, married, insurance clerk, born Shoreham, Kent; Edith Mary Beale. wife, age 258, married 1 year, 1 child, born Shelfield, Staffordshire; Evelyn Mary Kate Beale daughter, age 4 months, born Streatham, London.
Enlisted Lambeth, London, SE. Resided Brixton, SW.
Probate - John Abraham Beale, of 148, Leander Road, Brixton Hill, Surrey. Sergeant Royal West Kent Regiment died 7th October 1916 in France on active service. Administration London 30th December 1916 to Edith Mary Beale, widow. Effects £633 9s.
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.
Addition to gravestone at St. Peter and St. Paul Church,
Station Road, Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent
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