The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.131875 E. Beat, A.B. R.N.) good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Edward Beat was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 9 July 1912. A Cabinet Maker by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on Ganges on 24 February 1929 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class on Marlborough in September 1929. Was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in September 1930 when on Suffolk and Able Seaman in May 1933 when at Pembroke I. When on the destroyer Whitley at Pembroke 2 in March 1939 he was advanced to leading Seaman and was appointed a Temporary Acting Petty Officer in November 1939 when on the repair ship Cyclops. Beat attained the rank of Petty Officer in October 1942 when at Pembroke. During the last year of the war he was based in Ceylon. He was released from service on 19 December 1945. Entitled to the 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star and War Medal. With copied service notes and research.