Beaney, Charles Arthur

Charles Arthur Beaney

Rank: Petty Officer Stoker

Ship: HMS Falcon

Parents: Mr William Ford & Mrs Esther Beaney

Brother: Albert Edward Beaney

Address: 57 Norman Road, St Leonards

Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 31st October 1914 reports “The sad news has been received that Mr Charles Arthur Beaney, of 57 Norman Road, St Leonards, was killed on the ‘Falcon’ destroyer, during the recent bombardment of German forces by our Fleet. Mr Beaney was a single man, aged 38, and was a Petty Officer. What makes his death more distressing is that quite recently a married brother, a Postman between Battle and Westfield, was lost on the ‘Hogue’.

According to CWGC, Charles is buried at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference E.A.18X.

Published: October 1914

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