Pte
William Beckerleg
Military Details
Service Number: 1024
Regiment & Unit / Ship
5th Border Regiment
Enlisted
29th June 1909
Awards and Medals
The 1914 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
29-Jun-1909
Place of Enlistment
Frizington
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
5th
Service Number at Enlistment
1024
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1st May 1888
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Residence (Census)
12 Barkers Row, Frizington
Parents
William James and Elizabeth Beckerleg. (nee Rogers)
Siblings
Thomas Henry (half brother) Annie, Ellen Jane
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Collier
Work Address
Oaklands Colliery, Pica
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
18th October 1915
Age at Death
28
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Armentiers
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
5th
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
previously suffered GSW to shin prior to death. Served 6 years 140 days. Shortly before his death he wasgassed and invalided home but volunteered for the front where he was blown up by a german shell at 11 am, being killed instantly
Buried or Commemorated at
HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
France
Grave Position: I. A. 2.
Private Memorial: Frizington War Memorial
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