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Roger Stewart Montresor Beatson

In memory of:

Lieutenant Roger Stewart Montresor Beatson

July 2, 1916

Military Service

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Division:

6th, attd. 10th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Mrs. C. M. Beatson and the late Mr. W. W. G. Beatson.

Commemorated on Page 570 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

Sp. Mem. B. 6.

Location:

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY is 2 kilometres north-east of Albert, on the right hand side of D929 Albert-Bapaume. At Y junction (102nd Infantry Brigade Memorial) nearby the Routiers restaurant, take right onto D20 and follow through Ovillers/La Boisselle. After 2 kilometres the Cemetery is signposted onto a 300 metre grass track.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of ROGER STEWART MONTRESOR BEATSON– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ROGER STEWART MONTRESOR BEATSON – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Roger Beatson– Photo from the Bank of Commerce Letters from the Front published in 1920. Now available online at http://ia360934.us.archive.org/2/items/lettersfromfront01canauoft

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    Photo of Roger Beatson – Photo from the Bank of Commerce Letters from the Front published in 1920. Now available online at http://ia360934.us.archive.org/2/items/lettersfromfront01canauoft
  • Photo of Roger Stewart Montresor Beatson– In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Roger Stewart Montresor Beatson – In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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