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Description: | Ts letter and associated cables (3pp, 1 July 1942) from Beak to the Governor of Malta offering his resignation from the post of General Officer Commanding Troops, Malta, describing his relationship with the Governor as the reason, also copy correspondence (4pp, October 1941) concerning the appointment of a commanding officer to the 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, a ts letter from a Defence Security Officer (1p, 19 March 1942) reporting on Beak’s command in Malta, a ts letter from the War Office (1p, October 1943) directing Beak to relinquish command of the 1st Greek Brigade and the temporary rank of Brigadier and his certificate of service (2pp) noting key details in his military career. Together with a Special Order of the Day issued by Beak (1p, 14 July 1942) congratulating all troops on their efforts on the island base of Malta, an undated South Lancashire Christmas card, four programmes from events marking the centenary of the Victoria Cross in 1956, ts article (1p) on the history of the Greek Brigade and 9 photographs of Beak in uniform taken throughout his career including one of him receiving his VC medal from HM King George V which he was awarded whilst serving as a Commander RNVR with the Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division for his leadership whilst under attack and for breaking up a machine gun nest accompanied by one other man in France, 21 - 25 August and 4 September 1918.
Cataloguer SMR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Beak, Daniel Marcus William | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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