Private Arthur Beard
Army Number : 269246 (formerly 4620 & 20025)
Battalion : 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Newhall, Derbyshire. Son of John and Emma Beard, of 216, Union Road, Newhall. He was a labourer prior to enlisting at Derby. He was killed in action, 22nd June 1917, whilst in the line at Bullay-Granay, France.
Buried Loos British Cemetery, France. Plot 19. Row C. Grave 6.
Private Arthur Beard is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Newhall Park War Memorial, Newhall, Derbyshire.