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Military service
Service number:
207069
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
August 24, 1893
Buffalo, New York
Enlistment:
December 14, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. E. 19.
Additional information
Son of John Michael Beechwood of Buffalo, New York, United States of America.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
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Press Clipping
Pte. Joseph Frank Beechwood was born in Buffalo, New York, on August 24th, 1893. He had worked as a Printer. He enlisted with the 97th Overseas Battalion, then known as the American Legion. These units were composed of men with American connections. Pte. Beechwood enlisted in Toronto on December 14th, 1915. -
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Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOSEPH FRANK BEECHWOOD
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Frank Beechwood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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