Geoffrey Herbert Bruno Beyts (Billy)
born 17.1.1908 Budj,Kutch State,India
educated Bowden House School,Seaford
educated Wellington College
RMC,Sandhurst 1926-28
commissioned 2Lt Northumberland Fusiliers 1928
commissioned 2Lt Unattached List,Indian Army 2.2.1928
commissioned 2Lt (157559) 3 Bn 6th Rajputana Rifles,Indian Army 28.3.1929
awarded Military Cross for Burma 1930-32 (London Gazette 20.12.1932) (Lt)
Staff College 1936
GSO3,War Staff,India 1937-39
training Independent Companies in Scotland 1940
Auxiliary Units 2.7.1940
awarded M.B.E. ( London Gazette 1.7.1941) (Captain T/Major)
Chief of Staff SOE Far Eastern Section (later named Force 136) August 1942- December 1943
3/6 Rajputana Rifles (C.O.) (LtCol) 27.12.1943 - April 1945
awarded D.S.O. (London Gazette 3.5.1945;3 Mentions in Despatches (Burma 1944-45)
C.O. 62 Indian Brigade 15.4.1945 - June 1945 (Brigadier)
C.O. Infantry School,Mhow,India 1946
dairy farmer,Kenya 1947
District Commissioner,Mweiga area,Kenya 1950s
personnel officer,Vaux Breweries,Sunderland
M.O.D. (recruitment of Army officers) (Retired Officer grade 3)
retired to Devon 1970
moved to Spain after first wife's death 1980s
autobiography "The King's Salt" (1983)
married Ruby Scott-Elliot 1940 (died 1980) (2 children)
married Linda Segrave Daly
award C.B.E. (date)
died 13.12.2000 Benajarafe,Spain
buried Malaga,Spain
