Harold Beamish

Harold Beamish
Born (1896-07-07)7 July 1896
Havelock North, New Zealand
Died 26 October 1986(1986-10-26) (aged 90)
Havelock North, New Zealand
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Naval Air Service (1916–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–19)
Years of service 1916–1919
Battles/wars First World War
Awards Distinguished Service Cross

Harold Francis Beamish, DSC (7 July 1896 – 16 October 1986) was a New Zealand flying ace of the First World War. He secured 11 victories in aerial dogfights, mostly in the Sopwith Camel.[1]

Beamish was born and died in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, and attended Wanganui Collegiate School.

He served in the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force during the First World War, reaching the rank of captain and receiving the Distinguished Service Cross in 1917.[2] Post-war, he returned to New Zealand where he became a sheep farmer.

References

  1. ↑ Sortehaug, P., Captain Harold Francis Beamish. Pacific Wings, September 2012.
  2. ↑ "No. 30408". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 November 1917. p. 12548.
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