Oliver Beddow
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2026 1:20 pm
Lance Corporal 7/15515 Oliver Beddow
Abt 1888 - 20/9/1918 (30)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/beddow-oliver
Dob abt 27/8/1888 Dudley
Baptism
Freereg
Staffordshire Bloomfield Tipton Wesleyan Methodist
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 217
Birth date 27 Aug 1888
Baptism date 03 Oct 1888
Person forename Oliver
Person sex M
Father forename James
Mother forename Susan
Father surname BEDDOW
Person abode Bloomfield Rd
Notes Sibling of William & Florry
Parents James Beddow & Susanna Baller
Parents Marriage
4/11/1866 Staffordshire Sedgley All Saints
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 160
Marriage date 04 Nov 1866
Groom forename James
Groom surname BEDDOW
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Miner
Groom abode Batman's Hill
Bride forename Susanna
Bride surname BALLER
Bride age 21
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Batman's Hill
Groom father forename Samuel
Groom father surname BEDDOW
Groom father occupation Miner
Bride father forename Edward
Bride father surname BALLER
Bride father occupation Miner
Witness1 Henry TIBBITTS
Witness2 Hannah BOOTH
Notes Bride signs X
1891 69a Bloomfield Road, Tipton, Staffs.
James Beddow (43, Pit Banksman, born Tipton), his wife Susanna (44, born Stourbridge), and their 5 children: Samuel (19, Coal Haulier, born Tipton), Mary (13, born Tipton), Hannah (11, born Tipton), Florrie (5, born Tipton), and Oliver (2, born Tipton).
1901 1 Court 2 House, Bloomfield Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Thomas Beddow (52, Pit Banksman, born Tipton), his wife Susan (54, born Stourbridge), and their only child at home: Oliver (12, born Tipton).
1911 285 Corporation Road, Newport, Monmouthshire.
Richard Heath (34, Furnaceman, born Wolverhampton), his wife Mary (34, born Princes End), and their 4 children. Also Oliver Beddow (23, Boarder, Breaker-down at Iron Works, born Bloomfield). Mary was Oliver Beddow's elder sister.
Marriage 1913 Newport
Oliver Beddow and Hannah E. Cox
Oliver Beddow
Gender Male
Marriage Age 24
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date 1889
Marriage Date 4 Aug 1913
Marriage Place Newport St John Evangelist, Monmouthshire, Wales
Father
James Beddow
Spouse
Hannah Ellen Cox
Birth date 1891
Marriage Age 22
Father William Cox
Page number 89
WW1 Records
Lance Corporal 7/15515 Oliver Beddow
Died Salonika on Friday, 20th September 1918, age 30.
Buried in Grave 302 at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.
7th Bn., South Wales Borderers. 67th Brigade of 22nd Division.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Newport, Mon., Resident: Unknown.
First landed France & Flanders, 5th September 1915.
Medal entitlement: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 20/9/1918 (30) Greece
Buried in Grave 302 at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/340416/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/565 ... ver-beddow
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, but commemorated on the Lysaght's (Orb) Steelworks Memorial, Newport.
Any other info
South Wales Argus
DEATHS.
Beddow. On September 20, at Salonika, Lance-Corporal Oliver, of black water and malaria fever, beloved husband of Hannah Beddow, 2 Nash Road.
South Wales Argus
Beddow. In loving memory of my dear husband, Lance-Corporal O. Beddow, who died at Salonika, September 20, 1918. "Gone, but not forgotten." Sadly missed by wife and child.
Abt 1888 - 20/9/1918 (30)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/beddow-oliver
Dob abt 27/8/1888 Dudley
Baptism
Freereg
Staffordshire Bloomfield Tipton Wesleyan Methodist
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 217
Birth date 27 Aug 1888
Baptism date 03 Oct 1888
Person forename Oliver
Person sex M
Father forename James
Mother forename Susan
Father surname BEDDOW
Person abode Bloomfield Rd
Notes Sibling of William & Florry
Parents James Beddow & Susanna Baller
Parents Marriage
4/11/1866 Staffordshire Sedgley All Saints
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 160
Marriage date 04 Nov 1866
Groom forename James
Groom surname BEDDOW
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Miner
Groom abode Batman's Hill
Bride forename Susanna
Bride surname BALLER
Bride age 21
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Batman's Hill
Groom father forename Samuel
Groom father surname BEDDOW
Groom father occupation Miner
Bride father forename Edward
Bride father surname BALLER
Bride father occupation Miner
Witness1 Henry TIBBITTS
Witness2 Hannah BOOTH
Notes Bride signs X
1891 69a Bloomfield Road, Tipton, Staffs.
James Beddow (43, Pit Banksman, born Tipton), his wife Susanna (44, born Stourbridge), and their 5 children: Samuel (19, Coal Haulier, born Tipton), Mary (13, born Tipton), Hannah (11, born Tipton), Florrie (5, born Tipton), and Oliver (2, born Tipton).
1901 1 Court 2 House, Bloomfield Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Thomas Beddow (52, Pit Banksman, born Tipton), his wife Susan (54, born Stourbridge), and their only child at home: Oliver (12, born Tipton).
1911 285 Corporation Road, Newport, Monmouthshire.
Richard Heath (34, Furnaceman, born Wolverhampton), his wife Mary (34, born Princes End), and their 4 children. Also Oliver Beddow (23, Boarder, Breaker-down at Iron Works, born Bloomfield). Mary was Oliver Beddow's elder sister.
Marriage 1913 Newport
Oliver Beddow and Hannah E. Cox
Oliver Beddow
Gender Male
Marriage Age 24
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date 1889
Marriage Date 4 Aug 1913
Marriage Place Newport St John Evangelist, Monmouthshire, Wales
Father
James Beddow
Spouse
Hannah Ellen Cox
Birth date 1891
Marriage Age 22
Father William Cox
Page number 89
WW1 Records
Lance Corporal 7/15515 Oliver Beddow
Died Salonika on Friday, 20th September 1918, age 30.
Buried in Grave 302 at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.
7th Bn., South Wales Borderers. 67th Brigade of 22nd Division.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Newport, Mon., Resident: Unknown.
First landed France & Flanders, 5th September 1915.
Medal entitlement: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 20/9/1918 (30) Greece
Buried in Grave 302 at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/340416/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/565 ... ver-beddow
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, but commemorated on the Lysaght's (Orb) Steelworks Memorial, Newport.
Any other info
South Wales Argus
DEATHS.
Beddow. On September 20, at Salonika, Lance-Corporal Oliver, of black water and malaria fever, beloved husband of Hannah Beddow, 2 Nash Road.
South Wales Argus
Beddow. In loving memory of my dear husband, Lance-Corporal O. Beddow, who died at Salonika, September 20, 1918. "Gone, but not forgotten." Sadly missed by wife and child.