MEDALS TO THE INDIAN ARMY

1914/15 Star            3433 PTE. G.E.A. BEAZELEY. 28-LOND.R.
British War Medal    LIEUT. G.E.A. BEAZELEY.
Victory Medal           LIEUT. G.E.A. BEAZELEY.
India General Service Medal Afghanistan NWF1919 / Waziristan 1919-21  LIEUT. G.E.A. BEAZELEY. 11 GRKS.
Defence Medal           Un-named
1939-45 War Medal  Un-named

Copy records. George Edward Armitage Beazeley was born 13 April 1898 in Basingstoke. Educated at Cheltenham and City of London School.
Enlisted in March 1915 in the 28th London Regiment (Artists Rifles) and went to France 11 August 1915.
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment November 1916. In December 1916 he was invalided to UK with influenza. May 1917 he was appointed a probationer for the Indian Army. Posted to 3/8th Gurkha Rifles August 1917. 1919 served with the 3rd Battalion, 11th Gurkha Rifles as Quarter Master. Station Officer, 9th Indian Infantry Brigade 1922. Retired 31 August 1923.
In April 1938 he wrote to the War Office offering his services; "I was in the Indian Army and on the administrative staff for eight years but I am now a highly paid businessman employed for the past eight years by Messrs John Lewis & Peter Jones as a buyer..... in the event of a national crisis it could be extremely difficult to find experienced and trustworthy recruits for that section of the Ordnance Department dealing with buying.... May I take the opportunity of offering my services..." The War Office declined his offer at this time but would keep him on file.
18 June 1940 posted to the 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in London.
October 1940 posted to Royal West African Frontier Force, served with the 13th Nigeria Regiment until May 1942 when he was ordered to report to No.3 Infantry Training Centre in Bury St. Edmunds. 1942 posted to the 10/19th Hyderabad Regiment. Promoted Major and appointed 2nd in command of the battalion. Released from service 21 January 1946 with rank of Major. He died in Essex in March 1970.        
Group of Six: £395 RESERVED