Harry Beatty (Beatly)

Fellow McGill soldier
Mentioned: 1916, 1918
McGill & friends from home

Named as one of several McGill men "with the Artillery" in an October 1915 McGill Daily letter from Robertson; turns up in the diary the following February. He reappears on July 15, 1918, with the 23rd Battery crowd that crowds into Robertson's lines during a billeting mix-up; the diary spells the name "Beatly" both times.

Appears in the diary · 2 entries

1916

  • 15 February 1916… e Captaincy here and Macdonald with the 1st. - Morrow & I will get out Secs I suppose. Letter from Hazel today. - Harry Beatly was over. - Up twice today. - Came on a heavy rain this eve. - Very stormy. - Cancelled p …

1918

  • 15 July 1918… ky Pringle Seath and the rest of the 23rd Battery came in on top of me this morning & rather crowded the lines. – Harry Beatly & Jake Wilson are with the same crowd. – Monty’s outfit also pushed in on us. – This is a …
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