Beamson Joseph Noel Lance Sergeant 4469122
Personnel Entry
Name Beamson Joseph Noel
Army number 4469122
Rank Lance-Sergeant
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham, probably 1920/21.
Age 23
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, probably enlisted 11/12/1941. Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 3/7/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably early 1942.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 03-Jul-44
Home address Resident of Sunderland. Son of Ralph and Annie Beamson, husband of Gladys Beamson, New Silksworth. Buried Grave IX. G. 11. Hottot-le-Bagues War Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI
The DLI Roll of Honour shows the various deaths on 3rd July 1944 as 3rd June 1944 in error.
