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In Newport Borough Cemetery, Newport, Isle of Wight Description Private headstone Grave location G consecrated 43 |
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TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF BEAUCHAMP VALENTINE KILLEEN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY ON OCT 19TH 1941 AGED 20 YEARS ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS Further Information Beauchamp Valentine Killeen Son of : Charles Beauchamp Killeen and Agnes Rosa Killeen (née Osborne), of Newport. Born : 1921, Newport, Isle of Wight. Electoral Roll information : 1922 - 33 : The Killeen family are listed at 19 Terrace Road, Newport. 1938 : The Killeen family are listed at Karind, Fairlee Road, Newport. Service Details : Volunteer Beauchamp Valentine Killeen, Home Guard - 20th Hampshire (East Wight) Bn. Casualty Details : Died : 19 Oct 1941, aged 20. CWGC record ... Note that the CWGC gives his date of death as 29 Oct 1941. He is commemorated at : Newport Borough War Memorial WW II Newport Grammar School Book of Remembrance Newport St Paul's Barton War Memorial WW II Wootton War Memorial
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, October 24, 1941 Page 1 [...] A very distressing occurrence was associated with the exercise. Two young Island men of the Home Guard - Mr. Andrew George Bull, of Wootton, and Mr. Beauchamp Killeen, of Newport, while riding a motor cycle met with an accident, which, in the case of both of them, proved fatal. Mr. Bull was a young man of 29 and leaves a widow and child. His work as a partner in the firm of Francis Pittis and Son brought him into contact with all classes in the Island and he was greatly esteemed by a wide circle of friends. Mr. Bull, who was lieutenant in the Home Guard, was a frequent visitor to Ventnor and many here feel deeply the loss of a genial and loveable personality. (not all the report has been transcribed)
Isle of Wight County Press
Saturday, November 1, 1941 The Late Lieut. George Bull Memorial service at Newport The body of Lieut. A G H Bull, of Ashlake House, Fishbourne, an officer in the Wootton Company of the Home Guard, who, with Volunteer B V Killeen, lost his life in a road accident during manoeuvres on Sunday week, was cremated at South Stoneham, and a largely attended memorial service was held in Newport Parish Church on Saturday. It was conducted by the Vicar (the Rev W M B Hogg), who afterwards, accompanied by the deceased's sister (Mrs Cassell), scattered the ashes on the sea from the beach at Fishbourne , where Mr Bull was fond of sailing and fishing. The organist (Mr E A English, Mus Bac, FRCO) accompanied the chanting of the 23rd Psalm and Nunc Dimitis and played Chopin's "March Funebre" and Beethoven's Funeral March. The chief mourners were Mr and Mrs A G Bull (parents), Mrs Cassell (sister), commander F Young RN (uncle), Mrs Hann (aunt), Mrs F Young (cousin), and Mr Arthur Wood, who, with Mrs Cassell, attended the cremation. A wreath from his home guard comrades was the only floral tribute. CWGC record for Andrew George Henry Bull. |
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