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From the British Expeditionary Force to the Royal Flying Corps
Charles Beeks, soldier and pilot
At the start of the war, my father Charles Beeks was a regular soldier in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) and was sent to the continent with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). He was attached to Major General Groves and travelled with him a lot.
Charles Beeks later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and received his pilots wings, though the date of this is uncertain. …
Contributors
- Patricia Ann Heath
Subject
- World War I
- Charles Beeks
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1914
- 1918
- 1918
- 1914
- 1918
- 1914
Contributors
- Patricia Ann Heath
Subject
- World War I
- Charles Beeks
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1914
- 1918
- 1918
- 1914
- 1918
- 1914
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-12-03 12:21:44 UTC
- 2014-12-03
- 2014-12-03
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/4e8b7d30cb25cde2b394198c3c27a0e7
Places
- Aerial Warfare
- Middle East
Provenance
- SOM01
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 18655
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/18655
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1914
- 1918
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:46:41.437Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z