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Pte. Harry Clarke Beba
British Army 7th Btn Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Gedney Marsh, Gedney, Lincolnshire
(d.9th Oct 1918)
Harry Beba was born on the family farm at Gedney Marsh, Holbeach, Lincolnshire in the summer quarter of 1898 to Richard and Mary Beba.
He was the second eldest son of ten children but the only one to serve in the Great War.
He served as a Private with the North Staffordshire Regiment and later remaining a Private with 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He died whilst serving with the Lincolnshire's on 9th of October 1918 and is buried in Honnechy British Cemetery in France.
His sacrifice is also recorded on commemorative war memorial tablets inside St. Mary's Church, Gedney.