Private William Ernest Beardsley

Army Number : 2302

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born in Belgaum, India. Son of Regimental Sergeant Major William Ernest and Mary Anne Beardsley, of 34, Alfreton Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a miner prior to enlistment at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 7th September 1914. He went to France 28th June 1915 and died of shrapnel wounds to his head 13th July 1916, aged 19.

Buried  Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, France. Plot 1. Row F Grave 3.

Private William Ernest Beardsley is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Sutton War Memorial (St. Michael and All Angels Cross), Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Sutton-in-Ashfield Cemetery War Memorial, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial,Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.