WW1 Casualty: Lance Corporal 1329 Norman Beardmore - Lance Corporal 1329 Norman Beardmore
© Prescot Reporter
| Unit/Regiment |
447th Field Company, Royal Engineers |
| Date of Death |
20/05/1915 |
Age at Death |
25 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery
II C 20 |
| CWGC Family Details (if shown) |
Son of Frederick Thomas and Emily Beardmore; husband of Marion Beardmore (nee Gunn), of Prospect House, Sacriston, Durham. |
| Census Details |
1891 Census -
Norman was aged 1 and lived at 89 Oxford Road, Macclesfield with his father Frederick (34), mother Emily (33) and elder brother Ralph (6)
1901 Census -
At 15 Cook Street, Prescot, were Frederick T Beardmore, a 43 year old widowed blacksmith. Also there were his sons Ralph (16) and Norman (11)
1911 Census -
Norman was a 21 year old Certified Teacher, a single man, living as a Lodger in Church Street, Haswell, Co Durham
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| Birth/Marriage/Death Registrations |
Birth registered Q2 1889, Macclesfield, 8a, 147.
Marriage to Marion Gunn registered in Q4/1914 in Newcastle upon Tyne
Marriage Q4.1914, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 10b, 371 |
| SDGW - Where Born |
West Macclesfield, Cheshire |
| Enlisted |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| How Died |
Died of Wounds |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Notes |
1/2 Field Coy, RE
Medal Index Card shows ranks of Sapper and Lance Corporal |
| Research Ref. No. |
P012 |
Service DetailsNorman Beardmore was a pupil at Prescot Grammar School, starting there in 1900.
Norman Beardmore's attestation papers, dated 8th September 1914, show him to be aged 25 years and 3 months and employed as a 'Clerk' for Durham County Education Committee. He lived at 35, East Villas, Haswell.
His Medical record reports that he stood 5ft 6in in height, with a 34in chest, expandable to 36in. His vision was 'good' and Physical Development was also 'Good'. The Medical Officer passed him as Fit for active service and he was passed for service with the Northumbrian Divisional R.E.
Before going to France, Norman married Marion Gunn on 24th December 1914.
The Aberdeen Journal of 25th December 1914 reported their marriage
He was ranked as Sapper and then on 10th February 1915 was given a temporary appointment of Lance Corporal. His unit embarked for France on 11th April 1915, arriving the following day, though Norman Beardmore's Medal Index Card shows him arriving in France on 18th April 1915.
His Casualty Form reports that he was wounded on 18th May and moved to hospital. The following day he was transferred to No 5 Cavalry Field Ambulance, where he is recorded as having Gun Shot Wounds to the back. He died the next day from these wounds.
A list of Prescot men reported killed which appeared in the Liverpool Daily Post on 31st May 1915
An extract from Norman Beardmore's service record, showing his unpaid appointment to Lance Corporal before he died of wounds received
The War Office wrote to the Army Records Office on 4th September 1915 advising that any personal effects of L/Cpl Beardmore should be returned to his widow, Mrs. Marion Ellen Maggie Beardmore of Prospect House, Sacriston, Durham.
On 11th January 1916, his widow was granted a pension of 10/- per week with immediate effect.
Norman was entitled to the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
In August 1919, the War Office wrote to his widow asking for details of all living relatives. Mrs. Beardmore returned the form stating that his father was Frederick J Beardmore, of 'Alva', Old Lane, Eccleston Park, Prescot. No entry was made under 'mother'. In addition a brother Ralph, aged 34 and living at 35, Park Avenue, Widnes was also recorded.
Prescot Parish Magazine of 28th July 1915 reported 'Mr. Richardson has given me a list of Grammar School Old Boys who have enlisted for the war. It contains no less than 52 names and already two of them have given their lives for their country, viz. Harold E. Wood, Corporal, 5th Royal Scots killed at the Gallipoli landing, April 1915 and Norman Beardmore, 20, Lance Corporal of the Royal Engineers at Ypres, 19th May 1915'.
A Death announcement in the Aberdeen Journal, 29th May 1915
Lance Corporal Beardmore's grave at Hazebrouck Military Cemetery
Norman's service is commemorated on the Grammar School Roll of Honour
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