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Lieutenant Harry Churchill Bert Beet

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1874-04-01
Place of birth: Bingham Nottinghamshire England
Next of kin: Mrs Beet, wife. Daysville, Saskatchewan
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Daysville, Saskatchewan
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1946-01-10

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 81064
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Sergeant-Major (Army).
  2. Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 34328
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0590-S034
Uploader's Notes:

Prior military - Sherwood Foresters / Nottinhamshire Hussars

British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. Served as a Captain in The Derbyshire Regiment.

He won his medal for service during the Second Boer War on April 22, 1900. Harry Churchill Beet VC (1 April 1873 - 10 January 1946) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Beet was 27 years old, and a corporal in the 1st Battalion, Derbyshire Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 22 April 1900 at Wakkerstroom, South Africa, for which he was awarded the VC:

At Wakkerstroom, on the 22nd April, 1900, No. 2 Mounted Infantry Company, 1st Battalion Derbyshire Regiment, with two squadrons, Imperial Yeomanry, had to retire from near a farm, under a ridge held by Boers. Corporal Burnett, Imperial Yeomanry, was left on the ground wounded, and Corporal Beet, on seeing him, remained behind and placed him under cover, bound up his wounds, and by firing prevented the Boers from coming down to the farm till dark, when Doctor Wilson, Imperial Yeomanry, came to the wounded man's assistance. The retirement was carried out under a very heavy fire, and Corporal Beet was exposed to fire during the whole afternoon.[1]

He later achieved the rank of Captain. He later emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he fought with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I. In 1936 he settled in Vancouver where he remained until his death.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Sherwood Foresters Museum, The Castle, Nottingham, England.

Uploader's Research notes: [Battalion Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 32nd Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 32nd Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2013-06-11
Last modified: 2021-05-08