David Beaver, Letter from the Front Line
A friend of my grandmother Ada Leaver received a letter from her friend, David Beaver, who wrote to her from the front line on 16 July 1915. He could hear the singing of the Germans. He mentions other music like ragtime, and the sinking of the Lusitania as well. This contribution includes the letter and a photograph of David Beaver, with a transcript and pressed flower from the letter. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission information David Beaver died of wounds (F&F) 8 August 1916, aged 21. He had enlisted in Preston, as a private (number 2299) in 'A' Company 1/4th (Territorial) Batt. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was the son of George and Ann Jane Beaver of 61 Park Road, Preston. He is buried in Plot 2 Row E Grave 37 in Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, France (about 20km East of Amiens, near the River Somme). Additionally there are notes relating to another man, Private Frank Ditchfield (21409), serving with 7th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, died on 5 july 1916. He was born in Preston and he enlisted in Stepney, Middlesex. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on Pier 11 Face A on the Thiepval Memorial on the Somme. There are also family history notes about Beaver and Ditchfield.

Letter
A letter from the Front Line with a pressed flower.
David Beaver
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