Harry Beamish

(1888 or 1890-1919)

SS Briton

Gravestone, Private Harry Beamish, West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Harry Beamish

*No Plaque located

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: 7/14/1888, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: RFD#1 Ridge Rd., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation listed as Smiths Store in Oroville, California and Miner [Oroville was located in a gold-mining area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries]; requested draft exemption due to "mashed leg & 2 fingers;" draft registrar noted a scar on left leg 4 inches long and 2 fingers on right hand "mashed"

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 6/26/1918; Private

Service Number: 1644917

Deployment: 8/15/1918 from Brooklyn, New York aboard SS Briton

Action:

Death: January 19, 1919; cause of death Died of Accident (kicked by mule)

Burial: buried locally after death in Martignas-sur-Jalle, Gironde, France; 9/10/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Bordeaux, France 9/10/1920; 10/5/1920 remains shipped from Bordeaux to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Pocahontas arriving Hoboken 10/18/1920; 11/12/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 11/13/1920 to the care of Arthur Beamish [brother]; final burial 11/16/1920 at West Park Cemetery, 3942 Ridge Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 479 Section 22 Grave 1S

Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Beamish, mother, 1020 Jasper Ave., RFD#4, Brooklyn Station, Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: Frank B. Beamish (1862-1929), born Canada, emigrated ~1880, occupations included Tinsmith and Sheet Metal Worker, buried West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside wife and son Private Harry Beamish; Mother: Mary A. Beamish (1863-1935), born England, emigrated ~1864, had at least 5 children, buried West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside husband and son Private Harry Beamish; Siblings: ?Elmer Beamish (1884-?); Blanche Beamish Maginske (1886-1958); Arthur Beamish (1891-1943); and Russell Beamish (1895-1935), who had a son named Alvin Harry Beamish (1920-2006) presumably named after Private Harry Beamish.