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Howard Leroy Beals

In memory of:

Sapper Howard Leroy Beals

November 6, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

504336

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Corps

Division:

H.Q. Signal Coy.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Beals, of Aylesford, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 365 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

I. BB. 7.

Location:

Auberchicourt is a commune mining village in the Department of the Nord, 11.5 kilometres east of Douai on the road to Valenciennes and AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the northside of the road to Erchin, 300 yards away from the Communal Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 67 of 724.

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    Circumstances of Death
    Circumstances of Death – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 67 of 724.
  • Photo of Howard Leroy Beals– This photo was taken in 1900 in Nicholsville, Nova Scotia, Canada at a family reunion. His age was 7 yrs.

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    Photo of Howard Leroy Beals
    Photo of Howard Leroy Beals – This photo was taken in 1900 in Nicholsville, Nova Scotia, Canada at a family reunion. His age was 7 yrs.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press December 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press December 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Auberchicourt British Cemetery

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    Auberchicourt British Cemetery
    Auberchicourt British Cemetery
  • Auberchicourt British Cemetery

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    Auberchicourt British Cemetery
    Auberchicourt British Cemetery
  • Cemetery Plan

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    Cemetery Plan
    Cemetery Plan
  • Grave marker

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker

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