Private William Arthur Beman

Army Number: 76359 (formerly 014581, Army Ordnance Corps)

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born in Kensington, London. Son of Arthur William and Charlotte Margaret Beman, of 185, Southampton Street, Camberwell, London. He was a clerk and storeman prior to enlisting on 23rd November 1915 at Camberwell. He went to France on 20th December 1915. He was killed in action, 21st March 1918, aged 23, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Buried Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France. Plot 3, Row C. Grave 15.

Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France.