Godfrey George Beames was born in the spring of 1891, in Henbury, Gloucestershire. One of eleven children, his mother was Minnie Beames. Her husband was Thomas Beames, and he served in the navy, which meant that Minnie was left to her own devices a lot of the time. The 1891 and 1901 censuses record Minnie … Continue reading Private Godfrey Beames