Background
BEYNON, William George Lawrence was born on November 5, 1866. Son of General W. Howell Beynon, and Charlotte, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir G. St. Patrick Lawrence, Knight Commander of the Star of India, Companion of the Bath.
(William Beynon was staff officer for Colonel Kelly's reli...)
William Beynon was staff officer for Colonel Kelly's relief force. With Kelly to Chitral is an account of the daily life of British officers and Indian troops on a frontier expedition. Beynon described his work to his mother as " How we lived and marched, what we ate and drank, our small jokes and trials, our marches through snow or rain, hot valleys or pleasant fields, in short, all that contributed to fill the twenty-four hours of the day is what I have to tell." The British garrison, sent from Gilgit to oversee the smooth transition of power to the heir apparent after a ruler was murdered, was besieged in Chitral Fort for over a month in 1895.
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BEYNON, William George Lawrence was born on November 5, 1866. Son of General W. Howell Beynon, and Charlotte, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir G. St. Patrick Lawrence, Knight Commander of the Star of India, Companion of the Bath.
Studied at Marlborough College. Sandhurst Royal Military College.
Joined 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. 2nd Lieutenant 1887; joined Indian Staff Corps. Lieutenant 1889; Captain 1898.
Brevet Major 189S; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1904. Major, 1905; war services. Black Mountain, 1888 (medal and clasp).
Chitral Expedition.
Staff officer to Colonel Kelly (despatches, medal and clasp, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order). Sarnana, 1897; Punjab Frontier, 1897 (2 clasps). Tirah, 1897-1899S (clasp, BrevetMajority, despatches).
Somaliland Expedition, 1901 (despatches, Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel on attaining substantive majority, medal and clasp). Tibet, 1904 (despatches, medal and clasp, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel). Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 2nd (K.E.O.) Gurkha Rifle Regiment; Indian Army.
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Clubs: Army and Navy, Grosvenor.
Hunting, shooting, etc.
Lieutenant-Colonel.