Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Circumstances of Death Registers – 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 527 of 724.

British Home Children Roll of Honour

Photo of Harry Beech – Harry Beech British home child

Inscriptions – Harry Beech British home child

Other – Harry Beech British home child

Essay – Belle Isle Regional High School - 'Lest We Forget - Springfield, New Brunswick' In the Spring of 2008, the Grade 11 Modern History students at Belle Isle Regional High School completed biographies for eighteen First World War soldiers. Their assignment was part of the ¿Lest We Forget¿ project initiated by Blake Seward, a history teacher, in Smiths Falls, Ontario. The students researched individuals from Norton, New Brunswick who died while serving in the First World War. There are 44 names listed on the local cenotaph, Riverbank Memorial and it is their intention to continue this project until students have completed biographies on all the individuals listed. Their teacher, Stephen Wilson, then intends to research the soldiers from the Second World War.

Essay

Essay

Cemetery – Photo source: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website

A bible that was given to Harry – Photo Courtesy of Pauline Mercer

Photo of Harry Beech – Harry when he was a young boy Source: Pauline Mercer Collection

Group Photo – A picture of some soldiers Beech sent to the Mercers. Source: Pauline Mercer Collection

Letter – Letters sent to the Mercers Source: Pauline Mercer Collection

Letter – Letters sent to the Mercers Source: Pauline Mercer Collection