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.
According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Thomas Duncan Clara (service number 602883) was the son of Ann and the late Thomas Clara, of Consort, Alberta; late of Ladybank, Fife, Scotland. Private Clara died on March 29, 1917, at the age of 22, and had been serving with the 2nd Divison of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He was buried in the Abbeville Communal Extension Cemetery, approximately 80 kilometres south of Boulogne on the road to Paris.
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Clara, Thomas
Private.
Was attached to the 29th Regiment and enlisted with the 34th Battalion at Galt, August 10, 1915.
He was born in Scotland and his next of kin is Mrs. Ann Clara, 57 North Water St., Galt, Ontario.
He gave his life.
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.
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Deal, Albert Edward
Private.
He was attached to 108th Regiment and enlisted with 118th Battalion on October 11, 1915.
He was born in England.
He was killed in action in France.
His wife who used to reside at 102 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, has left the locality.
He was buried in the British Cemetery Abbeville, France.
At the time of his death he was attached to the 31st Battalion.
His widow now lives in Brighton, England.
Anglican.
