Corporal Ferdinand Beckworth

Army Number : 29850

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham and lived at 12, Eleanor Terrace, Lamcote Street, The Meadows, Nottingham. Son of John and Hanna Beckworth, of 45, Burford Road, Nottingham; Husband of Ada Crane (formerly Beckworth), of 1, Seaton Terrace, Goodhead Street, Nottingham. He was a packing case maker prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, aged 32, in the attack on the German positions near Beaumont Hamel, France.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Corporal Ferdinand Beckworth is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. George’s Church War Memorial, The Meadows, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.