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VC1204 Stephen Halden Beattie
Name Stephen Halden Beattie No.
VC Issue No. 1204 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant-Commander
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth The Vicarage, Leighton, Powys, Wales
Place Of Death At his home, Salt House, Mullion, Cornwall, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Ruan Parish Church of St Ruan with St Grade Churchyard, Ruan Minor, near Helston, Cornwall, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 28 April 1975
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 21 May 1942
VC Presented 22 June 1945, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Ruan Parish Church of St Ruan with St Grade Churchyard, Ruan Minor, near Helston, Cornwall, England
P Named on Victoria Cross & George Cross Memorial Plaque, Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire
P Operation Chariot Memorial, Church Street Car Park, Falmouth, Cornwall
P Beattie Road, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon
By The Way…
He was informed of his VC award at a full parade called by the commandant of his P.O.W. camp in Germany
VC Held By
I.W.M. /Lord Ashcroft Collection
BORN 29 March 1908
DIED 24 April 1975 AGE 66
VC Won 27 March 1942 AGE 33
Place VC Won St Nazaire Harbour, France
War/Campaign Second World War
