BEAN W. H.
William Henry Bean
Lance Corporal 19625
4th Bn., Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
William Henry Bean died on Wednesday 23rd May 1917, Age 32, in Scotland, and was buried in Sutton in Ashfield Cemetery on 27 May 1917. (Grave Ref C. MM. 4485).
He was born on 29th June 1884 in Hardwick Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield. He was the son of George Bean, a stocking framework knitter and his wife Eliza (formerly Limb), who married at St Peter's Church, Mansfield in February 1884.
He was the husband of Ada Bean, 4 Sandy's Row, Sutton-in-Ashfield, and the father to seven children.
 Notts Free Press 1st June 1917 |
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Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 31st May 1918
Bean - In Sweet Remembrance of Lance-Corporal W. H. Bean, the dearly loved husband of Ada Bean, who was accidentally killed in Scotland, May 23rd 1917. When alone in sorrow, bitter tears flow, There stealeth a dream of sweet long ago; Unknown to the world he stands by my side, And whispers, dear wife "Death cannot divide". - From his ever-loving Wife and Children.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Bean, Lance-Corporal William Henry, Scottish Rifles.
Research by Heather Faulkes and Wendi Lindsay
Gravestone photograph kindly supplied by Wendi Lindsay
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