Beaumont John William 2/Lt 95522
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 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,
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 26-Oct-39
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War 161187 Oflag 7c, 6B, 4C Colditz.
Died/Killed in action
Home address Ordained as a priest in 1951 - see the Church Tomes Obituary for his ecclesiatical career.
Source table 10DLI
His OBE was awarded for gallant and distinguished service while a Prisoner of War in German hands.
To read his Obituary in the Church Times, please click here.
