Harry Churchill Beet
Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Derbyshire Regiment. (later the Sherwood Foresters-- Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
- Register No.
- 73 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Corporal all Corporals →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion, The Derbyshire Regiment. (later the Sherwood Foresters-- Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) all Derbyshire Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 22 April 1900 on this day → all of 1900 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Second Boer War
- London Gazette
- 12th February 1901 on this day → all of 1901 →
- Born
- the 1st April 1873 at Bingham, Nottinghamshire
- Died
- 10th January 1946 at a Rupert, Vancouver, British Columbia,
- Memorial / grave
- Vancouver Veterans Cemetery, Canada
- Medal held by
- the Sherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BEET, Harry Churchill (Reg. No. 73)
Corporal 1st Battalion, The Derbyshire Regiment. (later the Sherwood Foresters-- Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
London Gazetted on 12th February 1901.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Sherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham.
Born on the 1st April 1873 at Bingham, Nottinghamshire.
Died on 10th January 1946 at a Rupert, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Memorial at Vancouver Veterans Cemetery, Canada.
Citation read: On 22nd April 1900 at Wakkerstroom, South Africa, an infantry company and two squadrons of the Imperial Yeomanry had to retire from near a farm under a ridge held by the Boers. A corporal was lying on the ground wounded and Corporal Beet, seeing him, remained behind and put him under cover, bound up his wounds and, by firing, prevented the enemy from coming down to the farm until dark when a medical officer came to the wounded man's assistance. Corporal Beet was exposed to very heavy fire during the wholeafternoon.
Additional information: Promoted Captain.
Alf's notes on his life
Citation read: On 22nd April 1900 at Wakkerstroom, South Africa, an infantry company and two squadrons of the Imperial Yeomanry had to retire from near a farm under a ridge held by the Boers. A corporal was lying on the ground wounded and Corporal Beet, seeing him, remained behind and put him under cover, bound up his wounds and, by firing, prevented the enemy from coming down to the farm until dark when a medical officer came to the wounded man's assistance. Corporal Beet was exposed to very heavy fire during the wholeafternoon.
Additional information
Promoted Captain
Castle, Nottingham.
Canada.
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