ASeptember 1918
Toronto Telegram, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 1918
Pte. F. P. Beynon.
Word has been received that Pte. F. Percival Beynon has been killed in action. Pte. Beynon enlisted in the Queen's Own Rifles in 1917, and had been in France since January. He was born at Portage la Prairie, 29 years ago, but had been in Toronto for 15 years. He was the son of Mrs. Edith Beynon and the late Geo. W. Beynon, barrister, of Portage la Prairie. His mother, one brother and two sisters reside at 514 Brunswick ave. Pte. Beynon was a well known chess player, both locally and in New York, where he lived for several years.
September 20 1918
Toronto Star, September 20, 1918
Pte. Frank P. Beynon Killed.
Pte. Frank Percival Beynon, son of Mrs. Edith and the late George W. Beynon, B. A., barrister and district registrar of Portage la Prairie, Man., is reported killed in action. Pte. Beynon came to Toronto when a boy. He was a great chess enthusiast, and several years ago won the city championship here. In his time he defeated chess players of international fame. He enlisted with a Q. O. R. unit in June, 1917. Pte. Beynon was 27 years of age. His mother and brother, John H., reside at 528 St. Clair avenue.
October 05 1918
The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Saturday, October 05, 1918
Chess Player Killed.
Frank Percival Beynon, formerly active as a member of the Manhattan Chess Club and of Marshall's Chess Divan, is the first chess player of prominence to give his life for the cause of the Allies, according to a report received from his home in Toronto, whither he had returned to go across with the Queen's Own Rifles in the summer of 1917. It is announced that he died in action on Sept. 2.
Beynon, who took part in the New York masters' chess tournament five years ago, was twenty-nine years of age, having been born in Minnedosa, Manitoba.
