george nurse beard (General)

by HarryBrook , Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 07:50 (3497 days ago) @ RogerrGriffiths

It's been said before - don't rely solely on newspaper reports.
I think in this case the rank of George Beard was incorrectly stated, since there is no officer service file after 1913 for a George Nurse Beard or plain George Beard at the National Archives, or any Beard, South Wales Borderers; there are no notifications of military appointments found in the London Gazette for George Nurse Beard or G. N. Beard ("gazetting" as a 2nd Lieutenant was usually announced with the officer's full name, and subsequent promotions, appointments, relinquishing commission, etc. with initials and surname); there is no listing of G.N. or G. Beard in Army Lists for March 1916, October 1917, and August 1918 (listing of officers and their various Regiments or Corps).
There is no record of WW1 campaign medals being issued to George Nurse Beard (although this is not conclusive proof since an officer was required to claim the medals).
The only record of WW1 campaign medals to a George Beard of The South Wales Borderers is to Corporal George Beard 35365 2nd Battalion.
There is no surviving service record for him.
It needs further research from some other source or sources - I would be delighted to be proved wrong.