Amos Edmund Beney

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772322

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

August 19th, 1917

Cemetery:

Maroc British Cemetery - Nord, France

Commemorated at:

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Sons of England Memorial Plaque

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Address at enlistment:

8 Mohawk Road, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

8 Mohawk Road, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Harness maker

Employer:

Bennett and Bowden, Contractors

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. This soldier was cleaning his rifle at the mouth of a dug-out, when an enemy shell exploded nearby, a piece of shrapnel cutting his jugular vein and causing his instant death.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Lens (Hill 70).

BX September 4, 1917

Private Amos Beney Officially Reported Killed in Action

Mrs. Elizabeth Beney, Mohawk Street, has been officially notified that her husband, Private Amos Edmund Beney was killed in action on Aug. 19. He enlisted with the 125th Battalion.

BX September 7, 1917

The sad news was received by Mrs. E. Beney, Mohawk Road that her husband, Private Amos Beney had been killed in action on Aug. 19. He was 42 years of age and enlisted with the 125th Battalion. He had been in France since May 6. Prior to enlisting, he worked for Bennett and Bowden, contractors. He leaves a wife, three sons and three daughters, the eldest son being now in England recovering from wounds received at Vimy Ridge April 9, and his mother.