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  • George Beamish
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  • Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, KCB, CBE, RAF (29 April 1905 – 13 November 1967) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force from the Second World War to his retirement in the late 1950s. Prior to World War II, whilst Beamish was in the RAF, he was a keen rugby union player, playing for Leicester and being capped 26 times for Ireland and was selected for the 1930 British Lions tour. He was also the chairman of the RAF Rugby Union and an Air Force rugby selector.
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serviceyears
  • 1923
Birth Date
  • 1905-04-29
Commands
death place
ru nationalyears
  • 1925
  • 1930
ru proclubs
  • Coleraine
Name
  • George Beamish
  • Sir George Beamish
ru nationalpoints
ru position
  • No. 8
Birth Place
  • Dunmanway, Ireland
Title
  • Commander-in-Chief Transport Command
  • Commander-in-Chief Technical Training Command
  • RAF College Commandant
Awards
death date
  • 1967-11-13
Rank
Allegiance
  • United Kingdom
Battles
Years
  • 1949
  • 1954
  • 1955
School
ru nationalteam
Birth name
  • George Robert Beamish
ru nationalcaps
  • 5
  • 25
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  • Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, KCB, CBE, RAF (29 April 1905 – 13 November 1967) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force from the Second World War to his retirement in the late 1950s. Prior to World War II, whilst Beamish was in the RAF, he was a keen rugby union player, playing for Leicester and being capped 26 times for Ireland and was selected for the 1930 British Lions tour. He was also the chairman of the RAF Rugby Union and an Air Force rugby selector.