Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
Country: Belgium
Area: West-Vlaanderen
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: 2nd/1st. West Somerset Yeomanry attd. 7th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry.
Country of Service: British
Details: Killed in action at the Battle of Langemarck 17th August 1917. Age 33. Son of William and Amy de Beaumont Beaumont-Checkland and grandson of the Comte de Beaumont. Enlisted 1914; volunteered for Infantry 1916. B.A. Barrister-at-Law Inner Temple. Led up a small reinforcement to hold the line against a strong counter-attack and fell within four miles of the Memorial. Panel 3.
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