Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of James Beck a widower and Coal Miner (Hewer), born 1861 in Nottingham. Samuel was born in 1897 in Coalville, Leicestershire, he had one sibling a sister, Florrie, born 1893 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, also residing with the family was Sarah Ellen Cartlidge a House Keeper, born 1867 in Whitwick, Leicestershire, in March 1901 the family home was at Stone Row, Coalville, Leicestershire, this being situated within the Ecclesiastical Parish of Coalville, Christ Church. In April 1911 Samuel was employed as a Brick Yard Labourer and was residing in the family home at Mammoth Street, Hermitage Road, Coalville, Leicestershire together with his widowed father, and Sarah Cartlidge, a Housekeeper, and two children Charlotte Beck Cartlidge, born 1902 and James Beck Cartlidge, born 1904, both children were born in Coalville, Leicestershire. The War Diary for today Records. LE QUESNOY. Weather cold. Enemy quiet except for few gas shells on TUNING FORK ROAD and direct hit on D Coy HQ killing and wounding 2 batmen. Another prisoner captured by 1 Corps states he knew nothing of expected attack. Period of special alertness therefore ended. Chief work in this sector consisted of burying dead animals, horses in shattered horses lines, cows and pigs. Canal also somewhat full of dead beasts, some of which were removed and buried.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Coalville Times article - Friday July 5th, 1918

LOCAL CASUALTIES

Pte. S. Beck (Coalville) of the Leicestershire Regiment and Lance-Corporal A. Hart (Whitwick) of the North Staffs Regiment, have both died of wounds.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 11/4/2018