A GREAT WAR MILITARY CROSS AND WW2 O.B.E GROUP TO BRIGADIER C W BEART DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

A GREAT WAR MILITARY CROSS AND WW2 O.B.E GROUP TO BRIGADIER C W BEART DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY O.B.E Military Military Cross GVR unnamed as issued ( LG 1.1.1918) 1914 Star correctly impressed 2.Lieut C W Beart Durh L I Pair correctly impressed Capt C W Beart ( MID emblem) (LG 30.5.18 & 6.1.19) Indian General Service Medal Northwest Frontier 1930 to 1931. Correctly impressed Capt C W Beart MC Durh L I 1939/45 Star Africa Star Defence Medal War Medal (MID emblem) ( LG 15.12.1942) Italian War Cross. ( LG 29.11.1918) Condition VF+ Charles William Beart was born on 10th May 1894 in Huntingdon. He was educated at Winchester School and was a Cadet at Sandhurst. Beart was commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry as a Second Lieutenant on 25th February 1914. He landed in France & Flanders on 12th September 1914 and was wounded near Ennetieres on 20 October 1914. A period of recovery followed, and he returned to the front in May 1915 serving in France until November 1917. Beart was then posted to the Italian Front serving as a Brigade Major a return to France followed in late 1918. During the Great War Beart was awarded the Military Cross and Mentioned in Despatches twice. In the interwar years, Beart served on the Northwest Frontier in 1930/31 and was promoted to Major. On 21st March 1940, he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant Colonel and served as second in command of the 2nd Bn DLI with the BEF. He was wounded on 28th May 1940. Beart went on to command the 8th Bn in the Middle East from 1940 to 1942. He served as Brigade Commander during 1941 and 1942 and was in command of the 26th Brigade. Beart then served in the War Office between 1943 and 1947. He was awarded the O.B.E. 13th June 1946. He passed away in 1982.