Name
William Beadon
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/01/1916
49
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
NA
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AMARA WAR CEMETERY
XIX. E. 1.
Iraq
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 29 Jan 1867 and baptised on 13 Mar 1867 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire son of Gen. Edward Musgrave and Harriette Beadon. Educated at the United Services College 1880-86. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army on 14 Sep 1887 and Major on 14 Sep 1905. Served in the North-East Frontier in 1889-90 and the North-West Frontier in 1908. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army in 1913. Husband of Joanna Elizabeth Beadon of 74 Lexham Gardens, London.
Wartime Service
Killed in action in Mesopotamia.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
