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VC472 Harry Churchill Beet
BORN 1 April 1875
DIED 10 January 1946 AGE 70
VC Won 22 April 1900 AGE 25
Place VC Won Wakkerstroom
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Harry Churchill Beet No.
VC Issue No. 472 Awards VC
Regiment Derbyshire Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment
Now 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Brackendale Farm, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Place Of Death Rupert, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Buried/Location Ashes Mountain View Cemetery, Prince Edward Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Veterans Section, Abray Section, Grave 3-5-12
Gazetted 12 February 1901
VC Presented 14 August 1901, Duke of York (later King George V), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Memorials
Headstone, Mountain View Cemetery, Prince Edward Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
P Named on Victoria Cross memorial, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
P Memorial, St Marys & All Saints Church, Church Lane, Bingham, Nottinghamshire
By The Way…
He emigrated to Canada and fought with the Canadians in World War 1
VC Held By
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) Museum, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
