In Memory Of

BECKERLEG, STEPHEN TREVOR

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1885-09-07
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 3rd Bn.
Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1915-10-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Herleville
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 V. F. 6.
Cemetery:
 HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Stephen Colenso Beckerleg and Mary Beckerleg, of "Glencoe," Pednolver Terrace, St. Ives, Cornwall. Born Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Educated (Durban High School & Maritzburg College & Pietermaritzburg College. Student at Camborne (Cornwall) School of Mines. Volunteered in 1914. Second Lieutenants on probation dated 4th November, 1914. Second Lieutenant to be Lieutenant dated 22nd September, 1915. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. His brother Lionel Clifford Beckerleg also died in service in WW2. Commemorated on Durban High School; Maritzburg College; the Camborne School of Mines. Cornwall & St Ives, Cornwall WWI Memorials