Leslie Heron Beauchamp

Second Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Sir Harold Beauchamp and Lady Beauchamp, of "The Grange," Highland Park, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Brother of NZ author, Katherine Mansfield

It has been a fine day. The sun came into this room all the afternoon but at dusk an old ancient wind sprang up and it is shaking and complaining. A terrible wind—a wind that one always mercifully forgets until it comes again. Do you know the kind of wind I mean! It brings nothing but memories—and by memories I mean those that one cannot without pain remember. It always carries my brother to me. Ah, Brett, I hope with all my heart you have not known anyone who has died young—long before their time. It is bitterness.

The Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume II, 1921.

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Casualty

Name:

Leslie Heron Beauchamp

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Armed Force:

Army

Unit:

South Lancashire Regiment, 8 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

06 October 1915

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

III. E. 2.

Cemetery Location:

Belgium