Bastedo, Roy Edward
Private.
Regimental number 730735
Roy was born September 6th 1894 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario; son of Lewis and Ina (nee Teeple).
He was working for the R. Forbes CO. Ltd in Hespeler, Ontario when he enlisted on April 7, 1916.
In February 1928, he moved to the USA and worked as a steeplejack.
He died in 1947 and is buried in the Aylmer (Ontario) Cemetery.
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Soldier Information Cards - World War One
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Bastedo, Roy
Private.
He was employed by the R. Forbes Company, Limited of Hespeler.
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.
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.
