British Lions & Ireland rugby union player and Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1905-1967)
For the New Zealand athlete, see Geordie Beamish.
Rugby player
George Beamish
Birth name
George Robert Beamish
Date of birth
(1905-04-29)29 April 1905
Place of birth
Dunmanway, Ireland
Date of death
13 November 1967(1967-11-13) (aged 62)
Place of death
Castlerock, Northern Ireland
School
Coleraine Academical Institution
Rugby union career
Position(s)
No. 8
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
Coleraine Leicester Tigers London Irish RAF Barbarian F.C.
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International career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
1925–1933 1930
Ireland British Isles
25 5
(12) (0)
Sir George Beamish
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1923–58
Rank
Air Marshal
Commands held
Technical Training Command (1955–58) Transport Command (1954–55) Air Headquarters Iraq (1950–52) Royal Air Force College Cranwell (1949–50) No. 45 Group (1945–46) No. 44 Group (1943–45)
Battles/wars
Second World War
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches (2) Gold Cross of the Royal Order of George I (Greece) Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, KCB, CBE (29 April 1905 – 13 November 1967) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force from the Second World War to his retirement in the late 1950s. Prior to the Second World War, while Beamish was in the RAF, he was a keen rugby union player, playing for Leicester and being capped 26 times for Ireland and was selected for the 1930 British Lions tour. He was also the chairman of the RAF Rugby Union and an Air Force rugby selector.
Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, KCB, CBE (29 April 1905 – 13 November 1967) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force from the Second World...
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Kenneth GeorgeBeamish (born 25 August 1947) is an English former football player, coach and manager. In his playing days he was a forward, and he scored...
Beamish Museum is the first regional open-air museum, in England, located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered...
The Beamish brothers were a family of four Irish brothers, Victor (1903–42), George (1905–67), Charles (1908–84) and Cecil (1915–99), who were all accomplished...
I Cross Country Championships". TFRRS. Retrieved 20 November 2023. "GeorgeBeamish kicks home to finish fourth in 2 miles at Millrose Games". Stuff.co...
action in 1942. Beamish was born at Dunmanway in County Cork, Ireland, on 27 September 1903, the oldest son of Francis GeorgeBeamish, a schoolmaster...
anchorage to preparing to repel an invasion. On 17 April, Group Captain GeorgeBeamish was appointed Senior Air Officer, Crete, taking over from a flight-lieutenant...
Horrocks-Taylor 1936: Bernard Gadney, Alexander Obolensky, Charles Beamish 1930: Doug Prentice, GeorgeBeamish, Joe Kendrew 1910: Ken Wood 1908: F.S. Jackson, John...
the majority of the race before getting out kicked by Cole Hocker and GeorgeBeamish as he finished in 3rd for the bronze medal. Hobbs comes from a family...
finisher, Sharon Lokedi, by eight seconds in a time of 2:22:37. Geordie Beamish (August 2020) Olli Hoare (August 2020) Joe Klecker (August 2020) Morgan...
George Stephenson Feb 1929: Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30: George Stephenson 1931: Mark Sugden 1932: GeorgeBeamish Feb 1933: Eugene Davy Mar 1932: George Beamish...
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Sam Tanner Men's 1500 m GeorgeBeamish Men's 5000 m — Men's 3000 m steeplechase — Zoe Hobbs Women's 100 m —...
George Stephenson Feb 1929: Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30: George Stephenson 1931: Mark Sugden 1932: GeorgeBeamish Feb 1933: Eugene Davy Mar 1932: George Beamish...
George Stephenson Feb 1929: Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30: George Stephenson 1931: Mark Sugden 1932: GeorgeBeamish Feb 1933: Eugene Davy Mar 1932: George Beamish...
George Stephenson Feb 1929: Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30: George Stephenson 1931: Mark Sugden 1932: GeorgeBeamish Feb 1933: Eugene Davy Mar 1932: George Beamish...
details Simon Kiprop Koech (KEN) 8:06.26 Samuel Firewu (ETH) 8:10.74 GeorgeBeamish (NZL) 8:14.01 Long Jump Men details Simon Ehammer (SUI) 8.22 m (26 ft...
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