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Capt Walter Niapier Thomson “Joe” Beckett

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Capt Walter Niapier Thomson “Joe” Beckett

Birth
India
Death
10 Mar 1941 (aged 47)
England
Burial
Warblington, Havant Borough, Hampshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Sec. 2. Old ground. Grave 105.
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Capt Walter Niapier Thomas Beckett MVO DSC was born in Bilaspur in the Central Provinces of India. He was the younger son of Brigadier-General William Thomas Clifford Beckett CBE, DSO, VD (1862–1956) and Bessie Drummond Thomason, daughter of Major-General Charles Simeon Thomason (1833–1911) of the Bengal Royal Engineers. His older brother Clifford became Major-General Clifford Thomason Beckett CB, CBE, MC (1891–1972) of the Royal Artillery, who had a distinguished military career including being Acting General Officer Commanding Malta in 1942.


Captian WALTER NIAPIER THOMASON BECKETT,DSC
H.M.S. Exeter. Royal Navy
Awards: D S C
Capt Walter Niapier Thomas Beckett MVO DSC was born in Bilaspur in the Central Provinces of India. He was the younger son of Brigadier-General William Thomas Clifford Beckett CBE, DSO, VD (1862–1956) and Bessie Drummond Thomason, daughter of Major-General Charles Simeon Thomason (1833–1911) of the Bengal Royal Engineers. His older brother Clifford became Major-General Clifford Thomason Beckett CB, CBE, MC (1891–1972) of the Royal Artillery, who had a distinguished military career including being Acting General Officer Commanding Malta in 1942.


Captian WALTER NIAPIER THOMASON BECKETT,DSC
H.M.S. Exeter. Royal Navy
Awards: D S C

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