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Mar 25, 1888
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Born at Pembroke
Ontario
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Nov 6, 1914
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Attested into
the 21st Battalion at Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 59047 (temporary number 393)
Ø Next of kin given as William Beamish (father) of Pembroke Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Chauffeur
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Wesleyan
Ø Assigned to “D” Company
o This was later reorganized into “B” Company
The Battalion
carried out their training in Kingston and area
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Jan 14, 1915
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Admitted to the
Kingston Hospital after receiving a vaccination
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Jan 18, 1915
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Discharged to
duty
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Feb 23, 1915
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An ice hockey
game was played between the 21st Battalion and the 14th Regiment
PWOR. The 21st Battalion won that
game 5 goals to 0. Pte Beamish played right
defence for the 21st Battalion
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS
Metagama at Montreal Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked at
Devonport England and proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe Kent
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Jun 3, 1915
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Granted extra
duty pay as a Motor Car Driver
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St
Seiriol at Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked at
Boulogne France and proceeded to St Omer
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Feb 22, 1916
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Admitted to No 5
CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) Rest Station at Mont de Cats, diagnosed with an infected
right arm and hand
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Feb 27, 1916
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Transferred to
the North Midland Casualty Clearing Station
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Mar 7, 1916
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Returned to duty
with the 21st Battalion
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Jan 15, 1917
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Granted 10 days
leave
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Apr 14, 1917
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Admitted to No 9
CFA with pains in legs and neck
Transferred
the same day to the CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) at Bruay.
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Apr 22, 1917
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Invalided to
England aboard the Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen
Posted to the
EORD while in hospital
Admitted to
the Military Hospital at Richmond
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May 30, 1917
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Transferred to
the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Woodcote Park, Epsom
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Jun 8, 1917
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Discharged from
hospital and posted to the 6th Reserve Battalion at Seaford
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Jul 11, 1917
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Admitted to the
Canadian Military Hospital at Eastbourne diagnosed with Myalgia
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Jul 19, 1917
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Discharged from
hospital and posted to the EORD and placed On Command to the 3rd CCD (Canadian
Convalescent Depot) for Physical Training
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Oct 11, 1917
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Discharged from
the 3rd CCD and returned to the 6th Reserve Battalion
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Jan 7, 1918
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Transferred to
the Canadian Forestry Corps and posted to their Depot at Sunningdale
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Feb 8, 1918
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Appointed to
rank of Acting Corporal without pay
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Sep 24, 1918
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Appointed to
rank of Acting Sergeant with pay
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Jun 4, 1919
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Admitted to the
Isolation Hospital at Aldershot and placed on the dangerously ill list with Septic
Meningitis
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Jul 6, 1919
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Removed from the
dangerously ill list
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Aug 1, 1919
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Transferred to
the No 16 Canadian General Hospital at Orpington
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Sep 11, 1919
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Invalided to
Canada aboard the Hospital Ship Araguaya
Posted to the
Military District No 3 at Kingston Ontario
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Sep 19, 1919
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Disembarked at
Halifax Nova Scotia and proceeded to Kingston Ontario
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Sep 21, 1919
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Posted to the
Hospital Section at the Queen’s Military Hospital and admitted to the Sydenham
Military Hospital with a diagnosis of Myalgia
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Sep 22, 1919
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Granted leave
with subsistence until October 6, 1919
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Oct 22, 1919
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Discharged from
hospital and posted to the Casualty Company
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Oct 24, 1919
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Discharged from
the CEF at Kingston Ontario with a pensionable disability
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued number 214903
Ø War Service Badge Class “B” issued number 65366
Ø Rank on discharge Sergeant
Ø Proposed residence on discharge Pembroke Ontario
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Apr 11, 1921
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The British War
Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Pembroke Ontario
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Apr 24, 1922
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Sgt Beamish
acted as the chauffeur for Governor General The Lord and Lady Byng during their visit to
Pembroke as part of their cross Canada tour.
From 1932 to
1934 he was employed as the Foreman of a Trans-Canada Highway Camp in the Pembroke-Mattawa
Division. In 1934 he moved to Rossport in
Northern Ontario in the same capacity
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Apr 23, 1950
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Died of Portal
Cirrhosis at the Veterans Pavilion of the Ottawa Civic Hospital
Buried in the
Wesley United Church Cemetery, Pembroke Ontario
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