Private William Ernest Beech
Army Number: 204612
Battalion: 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at Shifnal, Salop, and lived at Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Husband of Clara Lucy Beech, of 67 Coppice Lane, Swadlincote. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting 12th December 1915 at Church Gresley, Derbyshire. He went to France 18th October 1917 and was killed in action by German Shellfire whilst serving in the trenches near Demicourt, France.
Died: 4th January 1918,.
Buried Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault, France. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 19.
Private William Ernest Beech is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Church Gresley War Memorial, Church Gresley, Derbyshire.