John Edwin Home McBeath DSO, DSC, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

1 Dec 1928S.Lt.
1 Oct 1931Lt.
1 Oct 1939Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1941Cdr.
31 Dec 1945Capt.
7 Jul 1955Rear-Admiral

Decorations

27 Aug 1940DSO
6 Jan 1942DSC
1 Jan 1957CB

Warship Commands listed for John Edwin Home McBeath, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Venomous (D 75)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer8 Jan 194023 Dec 1940
HMS Oribi (G 66)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer1 May 194123 Feb 1943

Career information

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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.

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