Beak D E L/Cpl 305856 7th Hampshire Regiment
Source : Lloyd’s Bank Memorial Album
Beak D E L/Cpl 305856 7th Hampshire Regiment
BEAK, DOUGLAS ELIOT, L.-Corpl., No. 305856, 1/7th (Territorial) Battu. The Hampshire Regt., only s. of Daniel Beak, of Kennedy Lodge, Cheltenham. by his wife, Kate Ellen, dau. of Henry Naish, of Clifton; b. Redland, Bristol, co. Gloucester, 1 April, 1891; educ. Brean House School, Weston-super-Mare: was a Bank Clerk in Lloyd’s Bank, Ltd., and a member of the Institute of Bankers volunteered for active service soon after the out-break of war, and joined the Hampshire Regt. 1 Sept. 1914; served with his battalion in India from the following Oct. proceeded to Aden in Jan. 1918, where he acted principally as Company Clerk, and died at the British General Hospital, Aden, 17 Nov. 1918, of influenza, contracted while on service. Buried there. His Commanding Officer wrote: “It was indeed a great grief to me, as I had so much personal contact with him in work and in play. He was a man I could rely on implicitly, and his death is a great loss to me. He was genuinely loved by the whole company, as he had such a good quiet way with the men,” and another officer: “He was my clerk for nearly two years, and I was therefore in very close touch with him, and a more loyal and devoted comrade one could not possibly have had. All who had anything to do with him knew his worth, and he was, without exception, the most popular man in the company. I had many times advised him to take a commission, but he preferred to remain in the company.’ His Sergt.-Major also wrote: “Your son was a man to be proud of.. always ready to lend a helping hand to others, and always lived a good, upright life.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5