Sergeant John Beesley

Army Number : 73072 (Formerly Private 14839 South Staffordshire Regiment)

Battalion : 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Birmingham. and lived at 152, Phillips Street, Aston, Birmingham. Son of John and Henrietta Beesley, of 36 Pool Street, Aston, Birmingham. He was a Lead Carrier prior to enlisting at Birmingham and went to Gallipoli 20th November 1915. He died of wounds 18th October 1917, age 22.

Buried  Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 24. Row A. Grave 20A.

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Sergeant John Beesley grave