agedpink1 Posted 5 December , 2019 Share Posted 5 December , 2019 Can anyone tell me anything about this picture. I have a family name of Beodham Regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 5 December , 2019 Share Posted 5 December , 2019 Not finding anyone Beodham in the National Archives or CWGC. The only Beodhams I have found have been here https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSN2-3VR - George Henry Beodham, christened in Sheffield 24 September 1889. There is a direction from there to the 1891 census of George Harry Beedham who appears to be the same man (parents' names and place of birth the same) and to his military service, and a link to GW service - but he was a soldier. However, if the name error is Beodham for Beedham, and if this (as seems likely) is a memorial plaque, then the only Beedham on the CWGC to have served with RN or MM in the First World War is this one: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/380286/beedham,-william-henry/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agedpink1 Posted 8 December , 2019 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2019 Thank you SeaJane Regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 8 December , 2019 Share Posted 8 December , 2019 I do hope I'm right and haven't missed anyone; but, for what it's worth, this is William's service record with the RNR. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8569971 sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 8 December , 2019 Share Posted 8 December , 2019 Looks a bit young for 47. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted 8 December , 2019 Share Posted 8 December , 2019 (edited) I've found a W Beedham from what I think is the Merchant Marine as a POW. Edit...a later report suggests he was a fireman aboard the Bury and was captured at the outbreak of war. Edited 8 December , 2019 by sadbrewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 8 December , 2019 Share Posted 8 December , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, horatio2 said: Looks a bit young for 47. I did wonder about that after posting, so thank you for the confirmation, h2. Nearer my first Beodham guess (George Henry), there was a George Herbert Beedham in the RN, much more likely age-wise, born Sheffield 1894. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7056522 Could this be the George H Beedham who died in Sheffield in the June quarter of 1919 aged 26? (recorded on FreeBMD). There is no George Beedham recorded on CWGC. However, the RN man in the TNA record above was demobbed in ?Feb 1919 (cannot quite make out the preview). If these are the same man, the authorities presumably thought his death unrelated to the war, and the family may have thought otherwise (or preferred to remember him as a Royal Navy man). Edited 9 December , 2019 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted 9 December , 2019 Share Posted 9 December , 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, seaJane said: I did wonder about that after posting, so thank you for the confirmation, h2. Nearer my first Beodham guess (George Henry), there was a George Herbert Beedham in the RN, much more likely age-wise, born Sheffield 1894. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7056522 Could this be the George H Beedham who died in Sheffield in the June quarter of 1919 aged 26? (recorded on FreeBMD). There is no George Beedham recorded on CWGC. However, the RN man in the TNA record above was demobbed in ?Feb 1919 (cannot quite make out the preview). If these are the same man, the authorities presumably thought his death unrelated to the war, and the family may have thought otherwise (or preferred to remember him as a Royal Navy man). Assuming this tree on Ancestry is correct M27368 George Herbert Beedham emigrated to Canada in late 1919. Is it the same chap in the photo? Edited 9 December , 2019 by sadbrewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 9 December , 2019 Share Posted 9 December , 2019 11 hours ago, seaJane said: Nearer my first Beodham guess (George Henry), there was a George Herbert Beedham in the RN, much more likely age-wise, born Sheffield 1894. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7056522 Unlikely, as he was an ERA 4th Class and would not have worn square rig as shown in the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 9 December , 2019 Share Posted 9 December , 2019 4 hours ago, sadbrewer said: Assuming this tree on Ancestry is correct M27368 George Herbert Beedham emigrated to Canada in late 1919. Is it the same chap in the photo? The chap in the photo seems to have a different left eyebrow - I'm not sure (but likenesses aren't my forte!). 3 hours ago, horatio2 said: Unlikely, as he was an ERA 4th Class and would not have worn square rig as shown in the image. Not doing very well here, am I? Thanks again, Horatio. Pity we only have a surname for the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 9 December , 2019 Share Posted 9 December , 2019 Apart from the Trimmer RNR and the ERA4 RN already floated by seaJane, the following ratings qualified for WW1 medals RN - BEODHAM - None; BEEDHAM - Ernest J, Cooks Mate 2nd Class, M.33087 + James A, Air Mechanic 2nd Class, F.44269 + John T, Aircraftman 1st Class RNR - BEODHAM - None; BEEDHAM - George E, Engineman, 1102.ES RNVR - BEODHAM - None; BEEDHAM - None None of the above four ratings was a casualty. I am beginning to think the name attribution is in error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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