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 (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.
