Service Details
Name:
 BECKERLEG
Given Name:
 STEPHEN TREVOR
Initials:
 S T
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-10-15
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Date of Birth:
 1885-09-07
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Herleville
Additional
Information:
Son of Stephen Colenso Beckerleg and Mary Beckerleg, of "Glencoe," Pednolver Terrace, St. Ives, Cornwall. Born Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Educated (Durban High School & Maritzburg College & Pietermaritzburg College. Student at Camborne (Cornwall) School of Mines. Volunteered in 1914. Second Lieutenants on probation dated 4th November, 1914. Second Lieutenant to be Lieutenant dated 22nd September, 1915. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. His brother Lionel Clifford Beckerleg also died in service in WW2. Commemorated on Durban High School; Maritzburg College; the Camborne School of Mines. Cornwall & St Ives, Cornwall WWI Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
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Grave Reference:
 V. F. 6.

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