Family Search: Private John Beesley was born on 20 November 1876, in Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Beesley. He immigrated to Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 39, his occupation is listed as labourer. He died on 10 April 1916, in Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Ledegem, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 39, and is commemorated at the Menin Gate.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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