Difference between revisions of "Beaumont John William 2/Lt 95522"
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|Decorations=O.B.E. - Military Division - Gazetted 21/5/1948. | |Decorations=O.B.E. - Military Division - Gazetted 21/5/1948. | ||
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|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, | |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, | ||
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To read the Newsletter of the Colditz Appreciation Society, which mentions Lt Beaumont, please click [http://www.colditzappreciationsociety.com/Colditz%20Appreciation%20Society%20September%202008%201.pdf here]. | To read the Newsletter of the Colditz Appreciation Society, which mentions Lt Beaumont, please click [http://www.colditzappreciationsociety.com/Colditz%20Appreciation%20Society%20September%202008%201.pdf here]. | ||
| − | To read his Obituary in the Church Times, please click [http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2006/29-september/gazette/the-revd-john-william-beaumont here]. | + | To read his Obituary in the Church Times, please click [http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2006/29-september/gazette/the-revd-john-william-beaumont here]. His DLI Obituary can be found in Issue 15 of "The Bugle" of 2007. |
Revision as of 11:12, 29 January 2015
Personnel Entry
Name Beaumont John William
Army number 95522
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations O.B.E. - Military Division - Gazetted 21/5/1948.
Date of birth 1919 - actual date not yet known - too many "possibles" to be definitive.
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,
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 26-Oct-39
Promotions 2/Lt 1/1/1941. Captain 1/7/1946.
Wounded
Prisoner of War 161187 Oflag 7c, 6B, 4C Colditz.
Died/Killed in action 23/8/2006 aged 86.
Home address Ordained as a priest in 1951 - see the Church Times Obituary for his ecclesiastical career.
Source table 10DLI
His OBE was awarded for gallant and distinguished service (serial escaper) while a Prisoner of War in German hands. To read a Website on escaping from Colditz please see here.
To read the Newsletter of the Colditz Appreciation Society, which mentions Lt Beaumont, please click here.
To read his Obituary in the Church Times, please click here. His DLI Obituary can be found in Issue 15 of "The Bugle" of 2007.
