Photograph of Ray Beadle from the Boston Post newspaper of 1918.
Ray Wellington Beadle was born on 26 March 1897 in Manchester, New Hampshire, son of Charles S. & Abbie A. (Oslington) Beadle. When he filled out his War Registration form on 5 June 1917, he was living at 282 Central Street in Manchester. He had siblings, Hazel and Howard. Charles/Charlie and Edith.
Ray had been working as a mill operative for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. He had previously lived in Sandown NH for a few years.
On this same form Ray describes himself as single, medium height, slender with blue eyes and light hair. He indicates he had experience for 2 months as a private in the NH artillery. Continue reading
