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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Beaumont John William
|Army number=95522
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=O.B.E. - Military Division - Gazetted 21/5/1948.
|Date of birth=Not yet known - too many "possibles" to be definitive about the date.
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, RARO, Reported ITC 7/9/1939, Posted 9th Bn DLI 8/9/1939, Posted 10th Bn DLI 26/10/1939, Posted 9th Bn DLI 16/1/1940, Prisoner of War 1940,
|Joined Brigade=26-Oct-39
|Prisoner of War=161187 Oflag 7c, 6B, 4C Colditz.
|Died/Killed inn action=
|Source table=10DLI
}}


His OBE was awarded for gallant and distinguished service while a Prisoner of War in German hands.