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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
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Edward Beck
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Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Beck was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1900. He was appointed Chief Instructor at the Small Arms School at Hythe in 1925, Commander of the 2nd Battalion the King"s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1929, and Instructor at the Senior Officers" School at Sheerness in 1932. He went on to be a staff officer with Scottish Command in 1933, Commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1935 and Director of Personal Services at the War Office in 1938.
He served in the Second World War as Commander of the 9th (Highland) Division before retiring from the regular army in 1940, continuing his war service with the Perthshire Home Guard until the end of the War.
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1974 (aged 94) -
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United Kingdom