Winnie Winfield Beardsley (1891 - 1918)

Ancestors

Biography

Winnie was born in 1891, the son of Lemuel Beardsley and Elizabeth Aling.

"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori." 'Roman poet Horace:
“It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.”

He was killed in action on 10/21/1918 during the Allied Meuse Argonne Offensive of World War One, just twenty-one days before the guns fell silent "on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month", Armistice Day.

Pvt. Beardsley had been originally interred in the Meuse-Argonne American World War I cemetery in France, located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse. His remains were dis-interred to be returned to the United States and re-interred in Arlington National Cemetery on October 20, 1921. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.
   * Grave #123, Plot 3, Section 104, 1232, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France

• Winnie Beardsley (4/16/1891 - 10/21/1918) on Find A Grave: Memorial #57041347 retrieved 19 November 2018: Burial at Arlington National Cemetery , Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
• U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  • Name: Winnie Beardsley
  • Service Info.: CO A, 4TH INF
  • Death Date: 21 Oct 1918
  • Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
  • Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211
  • Buried At: Section 18 Site 3583
• U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939: The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 418 departure to Europe
  • Name: Winnie Beardsley
  • Departure Date: 23 Jul 1918
  • Departure Place: New York, New York
  • Address: RFD No 2
  • Residence Place: Owendale, Michigan
  • Next of Kin: Andy McAlpine
  • Relationship: Cousin
  • Ship: Corinthic
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Number: 2054218
  • Notes: Company "E", 340th Infantry note: this unit was used to replenish units at the front
• U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939: The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 354 return of remains for interral at Arlington National Cemetery
  • Name: Winnie Beardsley
  • Departure Date: 20 Sep 1921
  • Departure Place: Antwerp, Belgium
  • Arrival date: 1921
  • Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
  • Ship: WHEATON
  • Military Unit: Co A 4th Inf
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Number: 2054218
• U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
  • Registration State: Michigan; Registration County: Huron; Roll: 1675754
  • Name: Winie Winfield Beardsley
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Birth Date: 16 Apr 1891
  • Birth Place: Michigan, USA
  • Street address: R.D3
  • Residence Place: Huron, Michigan, USA