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Good Afternoon Everyone...…

I was doing some research on one of the new medals that I have just purchased and came across this and thought you all may be of interest.....

Mike


Harry Churchill Beet

Birth 1 Apr 1875
Bingham, Rushcliffe Borough, Nottinghamshire, England
Death 10 Jan 1946 (aged 70)
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial Mountain View Cemetery
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Plot ABRAY/*/03/005/0011

Second Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Bingham, Notts, he served as a Corporal in the 1st Battalion, Derbyshire Regiment, Mounted Infantry, British Army. Near Wakkerstroom, South Africa, on April 22, 1900, squadrons of Imperial Yeomanry and Mounted Infantry were forced to retire from their position being under a ridge strongly held by the enemy. During the retreat, Corporal Beet seeing a wounded comrade on the ground, went back, dragged him to cover and attended to his wounds. He remained with the wounded man and fought off the enemy under heavy fire. After darkness had set in, he stayed with his comrade until a Imperial Yeomanry doctor came with medics and took charge of the wounded man. For most prestigious gallantry, he was promoted Sergeant and awarded the Victoria Cross by H.R.H. the Duke of York on August 14, 1901. He emigrated to Canada 1936 and served as a Captain in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during World War I. he died at the age of 72 in Vancouver, Canada.

The name of the Corporal he saved , and the Doctor who came later .
Taken from The Times February 13 1901