- George Beamish
Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish KCB, CBE, RAF (29 April 1905 –13 November 1967 ) was a senior commander in theRoyal Air Force from theSecond World War to his retirement in the late 1950s. Prior to World War II, whilst Beamish was in the RAF, he was a keenrugby union player, playing forLeicester Tigers and being capped 26 times for Ireland. He was also the chairman of the RAF Rugby Union and an Air Force rugby selector.George Beamish was born in
Ireland on29 April 1905 . He attended theColeraine Academical Institution [http://www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk/schools/Coleraine_Academical_Institution.html] and he and his three brothers went on to join the RAF.From 1923 Beamish attended the
RAF College, Cranwell as a flight cadet and after he was commissioned in late 1924, Beamish was posted as a pilot on No. 100 Squadron.Reference
* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Beamish.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Marshal Sir George Beamish]
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