Beynon, William George Lawrence, Sir, 1866-1955, Knight, army officer in India

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1887 second lieutenant, second battalion, Royal Sussex regiment; 1889 lieutenant, Indian Staff Corps; 1897 served on the Punjab frontier; 1897-1898 served in Tirah; 1898 captain; 1898 brevet-major; 1901 served on the Somaliland expedition; 1904 Tibet; 1904 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1905 major; 1910 brevet-colonel; 1911 colonel; 1911-1912 Abor; 1915 CB; 1915-1918 served in the First World War (1914-1918); 1916 CIE; 1917 KCIE; 1919 served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919); 1926-1945 third (Queen Alexandra's Own) Gurkha rifles; 1943 Royal Oberver Corps.

Epithet: army officer in India

Title: Knight

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Lhasa, Tibet
North-West Frontier, India
Swat State, India
Tibet, Asia
Amritsar, India
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Birth 1866

Death 1955

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