History while in the forces
01 Jan 1916: qualifying for a Commission with Artists Rifles Officers' Training Corps. Qualifying for a Commission at Sidney Sussex College Cambridge.Jun 1917: gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in Suffolk Regiment (1st Garrison Battalion)
Jul 1917: stationed at Milton Barracks, Gravesend
Nov 1917: transferred to Thetford, Norfolk as a convalescent after suffering a severe wound in the arm owing to the irregular explosion of a rifle bomb.
26 Mar 1918: transferred to Beaufort Hospital, Bristol to undergo a further operation in connection with his wounded arm.
Aug 1918: discharged from hospital
Oct 1918: has been transferred to South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, Kent to undergo a course of training in scientific farming as the life there is calculated to promote the rapid recovery of the wound.
- Surname
- Beesley
- Forename
- Cyril James
- Service number
- [6370]
- Rating or rank
- 2nd Lieutenant[Cadet]
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 1st (Garrison) Battalion Suffolk Regiment, [Artists Rifles], [Officers Training Corps]
- Branch
- Melton Mowbray
- Date of Birth
- 23 Sep 1882
- Date of birth
- 1882
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- Jun 1899
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 01 Jan 1916
