Corporal John Henry Beeson

Army Number: 32589

Battalion: 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Hazelwood, Derbyshire and lived at Newhall, Derbyshire. Son of Samuel and Jane Beeson, of Hazelwood, Derby; Husband of Elsie Jane Beeson, of 146, Parliament Street, Newhall. He was a domestic groom prior to enlisting at Derby. He died of wounds, 13th October 1918, aged 25.

Buried/Commemorated : Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Plot 67. Row J. Grave 6.

Lance Corporal John Henry Beeson is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. John the Evangelist Church War Memorial, Hazelwood, Derbyshire.
Hazelwood Memorial Hall War Memorial, Hazelwood, Derbyshire.
Newhall Park War Memorial, Newhall, Derbyshire.

His brother Lance Corporal George William Beeson 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment also fell in the Great War.