Joseph Beaumont

Cpl. Joseph Beaumont (15260) was a soldier in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. The son of Daniel and Jane Beaumont, he lived at 13 Commercial Square with his wife Hilda.

Biography
Beaumont enlisted when was was declared in August 1914. He served with B Company, in the 10th (Service) Battalion during the Somme Offensive, where he was killed by a German sniper on 1 July 1916 aged 31.