Valentine Beardsley
Service Number
41389
Military Unit
15th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
13 May 1918 (31 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He worked on a Leavers lace machine in 1911.
Leavers lace machines
John Levers adapted John Heathcoat's bobbinet machine in Nottingham in 1813. The name of the machine was the Leavers machine (the 'a' was added to aid pronunciation in France). The original machine made net but it was discovered that the Jacquard apparatus (invented in France for weaving looms by J M Jacquard in about 1800) could be adapted to it. From 1841 lace complete with pattern, net and outline could be made on the Leavers machine. The Leavers machine is probably the most versatile of all machines for making patterned lace and was widely used throughout Nottingham's lace industry . (Wikipedia)
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Family History
He was the son of Albert Beardsley and Emma Hewitt. He was the brother of Lizzie (later Poxon), Arthur and Harriet Beardsley. In 1911 they lived at 7 St Cecilia Terrace Peas Hill Road Nottingham.
Military History
Unknown
Extra Information
Buried at Bagneux cemetery, Gezaincourt, France
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