John Edwin Home McBeath DSO, DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 7 Jul 1958 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for John Edwin Home McBeath, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Venomous (D 75) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 8 Jan 1940 | 23 Dec 1940 |
| HMS Oribi (G 66) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 1 May 1941 | 23 Feb 1943 |
Career information
He seems to have been educated at the Durban High School in Durban, South Africa.
Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Venomous (D 75)
13 Sep 1940
During the night of 13/14 September 1940, the British destroyers HMS Malcolm (Capt. T.E. Halsey, DSO, RN), HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) and HMS Venomous (Lt.Cdr. J.E.H. McBeath, DSO, RN) bombard Boulogne in a sweep along the French coast.