His headstone in the Varennes Cemetery, near the village of Albert, France, notes that he was the son of Ernest J. and Helen M. Beaumont, of Kitchener, Ontario and that he was a native of Galt, Ontario.
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Beaumont, George J.
Lieutenant.
Served with E. Lancashire Regiment, B.E.F Died of wounds in France January 24, 1917.
His father lives in Kitchener.
At the time of his death he was Bombing Instructor at 31 Divisional School of Instruction.
He went overseas with the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto and to Egypt with the 11th Battery. He also served at the Somme.
He was buried with military honors in the British Cemetery at Varennes.
Maude Bowman was born in West Montrose, Ontario, on 16 February 1885. Her father was Leander Bowman. When she attested, she was living at the Kingsley Hotel in London, England. Prior to joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Maude had served a year doing military nursing in Egypt under the Imperial Government.
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Bowman, Maude
Nurse.
Enlisted April 20, 1915 with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.
Transferred to Canadian Army Medical Corps. and went to France April 1917.
United Brethren.
Born February 16, 1885 two miles south of Winterbourne on the homestead in Woolwich Township.
Graduated from the General and Marine Hospital St. Catherines, Ontario in 1913.
Single.
She served one year in Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe, England.
One year in Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt and two years in France.
She is still with Canadian General Hospital in France.
Private James Harrison Craik was born on January 4th, 1881 in South Shields, England. He was the son of James and Mary Craik. Prior to the war, he worked as a labourer.
James Craik served with the Manitoba regiment in Division 'A' of the 8th Battalion. During a leave in 1915 or early 1916, he married Margaret Armstrong of Manchester, England. They were married less than one year when James died after being wounded near Albert, France.
He died on September 26th, 1916 at the age of 35 and is buried in the Courcelette British Cemetery in France, grave memorial reference XII.B.3.
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Craik, James
Private.
His widow boards at the Y.W.C.A. Kitchener.
