Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Edwin Forest Beaumont) very fine £50-£70

Edwin Forest Beaumont was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in May 1892. He served during the Great War with the 102nd Battalion (Central Ontario), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Beaumont was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1918, the CEF Burial Register gives: ‘this soldier was killed by enemy shell fire while taking part with his Battalion in military operations near Bourlon Wood.’

Private Beaumont is buried in Triangle Cemetery, Inchy-en-Artois, Pas de Calais, France.