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William James Bean's Information
William James Bean was born on May 24, 1888 in Syracuse, New York. He was the youngest of five brothers and one sister. He lived in 1335 Grape, Street, New York. He also attended Croton School which was nearby. Both his father and mother were born in Kent, England. His father George Bean worked as a blacksmith for the Delaware Railroad. He also built two houses on Grape Street. On October 16, 1895 George Bean died. After his father passed away his mother made a few trips to England. -
Archduke Assassination- France Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor France Joseph and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day 1914. The great Prussian statesman Otto von Bismark, the man most responsible for the uni-faction of Germany in 1871, was quoted as saying at the end of his life ¨ One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans¨ It went as he predicted. -
Postcard at Active-Service
There was a postcard sent to Jame's mother. Saying ''Safe at port of disembarkation. Nothing unusual to relate, and daily drill, physical exercises, games and music all added to the pleasure o the journey.¨ ¨Will send letter on arrival at head-quarters.¨ -
Christmas Truce
On and around Christmas Day 1914, the sounds of rifles firing and shells exploding faded along the Western Front in favor of holiday celebrations in the trenches and gestures of goodwill in between enemies.German and British troops sang Christmas Carols to each other across the lines Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the Germans.The next day they started playing a game of soccer. They heard the firing and remembered that they were at war and they went back into there trenches. -
German's Limit Submarines
Germany responds to a demand by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson by agreeing to limit it's submarine warfare. Unrestricted submarine was first introduced in World War 1 in early 1915,when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone,with merchant ships and including those neutral countries,would be attacked by the German Navy.String of German attacks on merchant ships culminating in the sinking of the British passenger ship Lusitania on May 7,1915. -
Poisin Gas
German forces shock Allied Soldiers along the Western Front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium. This was the first major gas attack of the Germans, and its devastated the Allied lines. Toxic smoke has been used occasionally in warfare since ancient times, and in 1912 the French used small amounts of gas in police operations. At the outbreak of World War 1, the Germans bagan activity to develop chemical weapons. -
Lusitania Sinks WWI
On May 7, 1915, less than a year after, World War 1 (1914-1918) erupted across Europe. A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania. British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the more than 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 perished, including more than 120 Americans. Nearly two years would pass before the United States formally entered World War 1, but the sinking of the Lusitania played a significant role, against Germany. -
Unlikely Animals of WW1
British Armed forces had bought most of the horses, and shipped them off Western Front. They found exotic animals, including elephants, dogs, and horses. Lizzie as she was popularly known -- was really a circus animal, trained to do tricks in front of an audience and was part of an traveling animal exhibit. But when World War 1 broke out and the lack of horses in the work force became apparent, Lizzie had to be employed as a ¨working animal¨ compelled to be a heavy labor aid. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Between 1914 and the spring of 1917,the European nations engaged in a conflict that became known as World War 1.While armies moved across the face of Europe,the United States remained neutral.In 1916,Woodrow Wilson was elected president for second term,largely because of the slogan ¨He kept us out of War¨.Events in early 1917 would change that hope.In February Germany broke its pledge to limit submarine warfare.United States served diplomatic relations with Germany. -
Trench Warfare
Warfare in which opposing armed forces, attack counter attack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground, Opposing systems of trenches are usually close to one another. Trench warfare is resorted to when the superior firepower of the defense compels the opposing forces to ¨dig in¨ so extensively as to sacrifice their mobility in order to gain protection. -
Staying at Y.M.C.A
William James Bean was at Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association, at Army Y.M.C.A work. He would write to his mother and wife as much as he could. At his free time James would write up to four pages talking about how he is and that everything is okay. James usually writes to his mother more, than his wife. -
Biography of William James Bean's Mother
On trip by train in which he accomplished his mother to Galeton, Pennsylvania he met my mother.Later after many trips to Galeton to see her they decided to get married.After obtaining a marrige licensee in the country seat of Potter Country they were married, June 1917 in my mothers home.The married couple traveled by train to Syracuse,New York and set up housekeeping at 1107 Canon Street.On December 15,1917 he was inducted into the United States Army and went to Fort Hamilton, in Brooklyn. -
Russia Makes a Separate Peace
Bolshevik Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers, abandoning the Allied war effort and granting independence to its polish and Baltic territories, the Ukraine, and Finland. Russia's disastrous involvement in World War 1 was a primary factor that led to Vladimir Lenin's successful Marxist revolution in November 1917, Germany agreed to armistice and peace talks with Russia, and Lenin sent Leon Trotsky to Brest-Litovsk in Belarus to negotiate a treaty. -
The Great War
The causes of World War 1 was M.A.N.I.A.
M: building a army to prep war
A: nations agreeing to provide, porte
N: extreme pride in one's country
I: one country takes over another country
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The Three Discharges
William James Bean #630015 a corporal of Hbars Company of the 59th Artillery C. HC dated Washington, DC, April 15, 1919. Discharge by the Home service section, Syarace Branch American Red Cross dated March 15, 1919. Record an established man-concessionary of Deeds - Camp Upton - long island, New York.
