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PRIVATE EDWARD BECKLEY was
born October 27, 1893 to William S. and Louise "Lillie" M. Beckley. His
father worked as a brakeman on freight trains. He had lived at 314
Mechanic Street in Camden NJ. At the time he registered for the draft,
he was working in Atlantic City NJ for the Shill Rolling Chair Company,
fixing the rolling chairs, a popular boardwalk attraction in those
times.
He registered for the
draft in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 5, 1917. Called up in November 1917,
Private Beckley was sent to
Camp Dix. Assigned to the 64th Transportation corps Regiment, he died of
pulmonary tuberculosis is France on November 30, 1918. The book
"CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR" records his name as
"Edwin Beckley". His parents moved to 1030 South 4th Street
shortly after the war. |
