19 September 2009

7942787 Trooper Maurice Beadle, Royal Tank Regiment

37 year olf 7942787 Trooper Maurice Beadle of the 8th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on 19th September 1944 whilst serving in Italy. He is buried in Ancona War Cemetery; grave ref II.L.10.

Maurice was born in Londonderry but living in Middlesex when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was the "son of Henry John Beadle, formerly R.Q.M.S., The Middlesex Regiment, and Amy Matilda Beadle; husband of Ivy Lillian Beadle."

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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