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Corporal Harry Churchill Beet V.C., Derbyshire Regiment 11 years 2 weeks ago #16206

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In St Mary & All Saints, Bingham Parish Church, Nottinghamshire.

The inscription reads -
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
HARRY CHURCHILL
BEET V.C.
BORN 1 APRIL 1875
BINGHAM

AWARDED THE
VICTORIA CROSS
22ND APRIL 1900
DURING THE BOER WAR

1ST BT . DERBYSHIRE REGT.

DIED VANCOUVER, CANADA
10TH JAN 1946



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Corporal Harry Churchill Beet V.C., Derbyshire Regiment 11 years 2 weeks ago #16216

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An amazing memorial! Are those really the original medals that are displayed? Hopefully not, but, if so, the VC must be the most insecurely housed medal of its kind anywhere in the world.

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Corporal Harry Churchill Beet V.C., Derbyshire Regiment 11 years 2 weeks ago #16217

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Hello Brett,
No, its under lock and key in Nottingham Castle!
Frank

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That is a relief, Frank! Since I live in a country where anything not nailed down and guarded by a pitbull is likely to be stolen, I expect the worst!

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Corporal Harry Churchill Beet V.C., Derbyshire Regiment 11 years 2 weeks ago #16220

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It's quite a recent memorial. The Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Victoria Cross Committee was created with the intention of giving each of Nottinghamshire's V.C. winners a permanent memorial.

www.nottinghamshire-victoria-cross-memorial.org.uk/Beet.html

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Corporal Harry Churchill Beet V.C., Derbyshire Regiment 11 years 2 weeks ago #16221

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I've not recorded any memorials to Sgt Beet, so it is good to see he has been honoured in his birthplace.

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Meurig
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