Thomas Beeching, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Beeching

cricketer

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1900

Place of Birth: Maidstone, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1971

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hugh Pitt Beeching (10 March 1900 – 31 December 1971) was an English soldier and cricketer.
He was born at Maidstone in Kent in March 1900. Beeching attended Charterhouse School, playing in the cricket XI in 1917.
He was commissioned into the Royal West Kent Regiment in 1919 and played ten first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1921.Beeching attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1918 and was commissioned into the Royal West Kents after the World War I Armistice.
He served during World War II in the Royal Army Service Corps.
He was awarded an MBE in 1943 whilst serving as a Major in the Corps in North Africa.
He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Beeching died at Aldershot in 1971 aged 71.