Lewis
William
Beckley
Born in Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Frederick Beckley
and Alice Anne (Tallott) Beckley
Brother of
George Frederick Beckley, Elizabeth Alice Beckley, Margaret Maria Beckley, Frederick Walter Beckley, Lily Beckley, Charlotte Beckley, James Beckley, Mary Ann Beckley, Edward Thomas Beckley, Esther Sarah Beckley, Alice Maud Beckley, Albert Ernest Wilfred Beckley and Horace Beckley
Husband of
Ellen (Jackson) Beckley
— married
1914 in Guisborough Registration District, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Father of
Lewis William Beckley and Frances Beckley
Died
at about age 25
in France
Profile last modified
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Lewis Beckley died of wounds in France during World War I.
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Biography
Birth
Lewis William Beckley was born in 1891 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire. [1] He was the son of Frederick Beckley and Alice Tallott and his baptism took place at St Peter and St Paul, Hanborough on 25th October 1891. His father gave his occupation as labourer on the register.[2]
Marriage
Lewis William Beckley and Ellen Jackson were married in 1914.[3]
First World War
Lewis was a Private in the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, Service Number 3201. He died of his wounds on 30th May 1916 and was buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, in Nord, France.[4] He is buried in Plot 2 Row A Grave 12.
Census
1901 Residence: 43 Harker Street, Skelton, Guisborough, Yorkshire.[5]
| Household | Role | Gender | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Beckley | Head | M | Married | 37 | Ironstone miner below ground | South Coombe, Oxfordshire |
| Alice Beckley | Wife | F | Married | 38 | - | Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| George Beckley | Son | M | - | 14 | Ironstone labourer below ground | Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| Margaret Beckley | Daughter | F | - | 13 | - | Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| Frederick Beckley | Son | M | - | 11 | - | Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| Lewis Beckley | Son | M | - | 9 | - | Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| Lily Beckley | Daughter | F | - | 7 | - | Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| Charlotte Beckley | Daughter | F | - | 4 | - | Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| James Beckley | Son | M | - | 2 | - | Skelton, Yorkshire |
| Mary A Beckley | Daughter | F | - | 1 | - | Skelton, Yorkshire |
1911 Residence: 84 Margrove Park near Boosbeck, Yorkshire.[6]
| Household | Role | Gender | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Beckley | Head | M | Married | 46 | Platelayer below ground | Woodstock, Oxfordshire |
| Alice Ann Beckley | Wife | F | Married | 47 | - | Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| Margaret Beckley | Daughter | F | Single | 23 | - | Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| Lewis Beckley | Son | M | Single | 19 | Shale Shifter below ground | Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire |
| Mary A Beckley | Daughter | F | - | 11 | School | Skelton in Cleveland, Yorkshire |
| Esther Sarah Beckley | Daughter | F | - | 7 | School | Skelton in Cleveland, Yorkshire |
| Alice Maud Beckley | Daughter | F | - | 5 | School | Stanghow, Yorkshire |
| Albert Beckley | Son | M | - | 2 | - | Stanghow, Yorkshire |
| Arthur Beckley | Son | M | - | under 1 month | - |
Sources
- ↑ Register of Births, General Register Office of England and Wales, GRO Reference: 1891 D Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 846 Mother's maiden name: Tollett https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR120/1/R2/2 Image
- ↑ Register of Marriages: GRO Reference: 1914 M Quarter in Guisborough Volume 09D Page 792 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
- ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Link to record on CWGC site
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSS7-14N : 21 May 2019), Alice Beckley in household of Frederick Beckley, Skelton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Skelton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7P2-V9L : 18 July 2019), Albert Beckley in household of Fredrick Beckley, Boosbeck, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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