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Alfred Beard

Private

Service No. 40400

Age 41

Died on 2 July 1918

South Wales Borderers

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

Somme, France

Husband of Emily Beard, of 84, Edwards St., Dunstable, Beds.

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Mark Williams

I wish you could have survived the war and been able to spend more time with your wife and nine children, including my grandmother.

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Mark Williams

We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

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Sarah Wootton

We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

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Mark Williams

My great grandfather, Alfred Isaac Beard was killed here on July 2nd, 1918 when the battalion headquarters was shelled.

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Private Alfred Isaac Beard (40400 South Wales Borderers, formerly Bedfordshire Regiment) was killed on July 2nd, 1918 at Léalvillers, Somme...

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Excerpt from the War Diary of the 10th South Wales Borderers; Tuesday July 2nd, 1918. Battalion in reserve at FORCEVILLE, together with the...

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