HIS LAST WORDS WERE
"I AM NOT AFRAID
I HAVE DONE MY DUTY"

SERJEANT FREDERICK PARMENAS BECKLEY

OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY

24TH APRIL 1915 AGE 23

BURIED: PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, HAINAUT, BELGIUM


Many men believed it was their duty to serve their country, and the fact that they had done so brought comfort to their relations - and to the men themselves. Serjeant Elwell was the Scoutmaster of the 1st Chesham Bois Troop which he is thought to have founded.