Sergeant Geoffrey Beckett graves

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Sergeant Geoffrey Beckett graves

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Three photographs, two showing the original grave with wooden cross and the third the later headstone. Gives some personal details.

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Three b/w photographs and text

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SBeckettG622136v10073

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SJT. G. Beckett,
The original wooden crosses on SERG. G. BECKETT'S GRAVE, TEXEL

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622136 Sergeant Geoffrey Beckett was aged 21 and qualified as a WOP/Tech. He was the mid-upper gunner on W 4126. His family came from Heanor, Notts where he was the youngest of Edward and May Beckett's seven children. He lies in Grave 10 on Row 1, in Den Burg Military Cemetery.

Fear Thou not
For I am with thee
I am thy God –
I will uphold thee.

Authors photograph.

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“Sergeant Geoffrey Beckett graves,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/41458.