Guy Beatty
officer in the British Indian Army (1870-1954)
Major-General Sir Guy Archibald Hastings Beatty & Bar (22 June 1870 – 22 May 1954) was an officer in the British Indian Army.
Beatty was born in 1870 at Poona, British India. He was first commissioned into the Royal Irish Regiment in 1889, but transferred to 9th Hodson's Horse, part of the British Indian Army, in 1892.
He fought in several wars and conflicts, including those on the North-West Frontier, in the Boxer Rebellion, in the First World War and in the Third Afghan War. During which he commanded his regiment and several brigades, rising in rank to major-general. He was also awarded several orders and was knighted for his service before retiring from the army in 1931.
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Early life
Guy Archibald Beatty, born 22 June 1870 at Poona in India, was the son of Surgeon-General Thomas Berkeley Beatty, of the Indian Medical Service and the brother of Brigadier-General
Lionel Nicholson Beatty. He was educated at Newton College and Charterhouse School.
On 2 September 1887 he was commissioned as a second-lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Then on 2 August 1892, he was seconded for service with the Indian Staff Corps, and later transferred to the British Indian Army in March 1894.
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