BEADLE, Jeffrey Charles
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Rank:
Major
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Sunday, July 23, 1922
Died :
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Age:
98
Lieutenant Jeffrey Charles Beadle was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry, leadership and outstanding determination whilst serving in Commando operations in the Adriatic, specifically the attack on Brac Island (Operation Flounced) 3 June 1944 during which he was wounded and taken prisoner [1][1a][1b].
- 1967 (Major) appointed M.B.E. (Military Division) in the New Year's Honours list [2].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 37387, page 6085.
[1] National Archives file WO373/57/513.
[1a] Stalg Luft 3 Prisoners January 1945 / National Archives file AIR/40/1488.
[1b] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/22/1.
[2] London Gazette 44210, page 6.
Navy News, June and July 2021 edition.
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