Cpl. William Charles Beaven
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Zonnebeke
Belgium
William Beaven attested into the 83rd (Queen's Own Rifles) Battalion before being amonst 241 men transferred to the 4th CMR in July 1916.
At the time of William's loss, on October 26th, 1917, the 4th CMR was engaged in the first day of the 15 day engagement known as the "Second Battle of Passchendaele".
William Beaven is one of 12 men of the 4th CMR known to lie at rest in Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Zonnebeke, 10km north-east of Ieper.
Headstone image and biography excerpt courtesy of 4cmr.com