edmund, charles, beard, major, general, april, 1894, january, 1974, british, army, officer, during, first, second, world, wars, 1946, aide, camp, king, george, nickname, paddy, born, 1894, april, 1894terenure, dublin, irelanddied20, january, 1974, 1974, aged, . Major General Edmund Charles Beard CB CBE MC 21 April 1894 20 January 1974 was a British Army officer during the First and Second World Wars and in 1946 was aide de camp to the king George VI Edmund Charles BeardNickname s Paddy Born 1894 04 21 21 April 1894Terenure Dublin IrelandDied20 January 1974 1974 01 20 aged 79 AllegianceUnited KingdomService wbr branchBritish ArmyYears of service1914 1946RankMajor GeneralService number9698UnitRoyal Irish RegimentSouth Lancashire RegimentDuke of Wellington s RegimentCommands heldPoona Area 1943 46 133rd Infantry Brigade 1940 42 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1939 Battles warsFirst World WarSecond World WarAwardsCompanion of the Order of the BathCommander of the Order of the British EmpireMilitary CrossMentioned in Despatches Contents 1 Military career 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksMilitary career EditEducated at Marlborough and Oxford University Beard was commissioned in the Royal Irish Regiment in 1914 1 He served in the First World War at Gallipoli and in Salonika Palestine and in France 1 He was Mentioned in Despatches wounded and awarded the Military Cross in 1917 1 Beard transferred to the Prince of Wales s Volunteers in 1922 1 He was a staff captain in India for the next four years and returned to the United Kingdom to attended the Staff College Camberley which he did from 1927 to 1928 1 He served on the staff of Southern Command and then became brigade major with the 9th Infantry Brigade in 1930 and then from 1933 served on the staff at the War Office 1 He transferred to the Duke of Wellington s Regiment DWR in 1937 and succeeded William Ozanne in command of the 1st Battalion DWR in 1939 1 Beard became assistant adjutant and quartermaster general with the 44th Home Counties Division in France with the British Expeditionary Force 1 He became commander of the 133rd Infantry Brigade in England in 1940 and promoted on 1 October 1940 with seniority backdated to 1 July 1938 to colonel 2 became Brigadier General Staff Home Forces in 1942 1 Promoted to major general in 1942 he held an area command in India until 1946 when he retired from the army 1 Beard was Colonel of the South Lancashire Regiment from 1948 to 1957 and his eldest son was killed in avtion in Nalaya in 1952 1 Beard s portrait as a major general is in the National Portrait Gallery in London 3 References Edit a b c d e f g h i j k Smart p 26 No 35021 The London Gazette Supplement 20 December 1940 p 7203 Edmund Charles Beard National Portrait Gallery Retrieved 19 October 2017 Bibliography EditSmart Nick 2005 Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War Barnesley Pen amp Sword ISBN 1844150496 External links EditGenerals of World War IIHonorary titlesPreceded bySir Douglas Baird Colonel of the South Lancashire Regiment1948 1957 Succeeded byJoseph Henry Whalley Kelly Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edmund Charles Beard amp oldid 1093619687, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,