Desmond John Edward Beale-Browne was born on 4 July 1870. He was educated at
Eton college and
Cambridge University in England. He decided to join the
British Army and was commissioned into the
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. In 1893 he was promoted to lieutenant and seconded to the
Army Service Corps. Returning to the lancers, he became their
adjutant in March 1895, until July 1898 when he relinquished the post. In March 1901 he was promoted to
captain and seconded to the
General Staff as an
aide-de-amp. During his service in the
Second Boer War, he was awarded the
Queen's South Africa Medal with four clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State and Transvaal. Also the
King's South Africa Medal with both clasps. After the war, in April 1906, he was promoted to
major. During the
First World War the 9th Lancers, was assigned to the
2nd Cavalry Brigade, Beale-Browne became the
commanding officer and was promoted to temporary
lieutenant-colonel in July 1915. In April 1916 he was
mentioned in despatches, and
invested as a
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in June 1916. He then became a
brigadier-general in October 1915 and commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. Post war in September 1919, he relinquished his temporary rank of brigadier-general. For his war service he was awarded the
Order of the Crown by Belgium, in August 1921. In March 1920, on completion of his term in command, he was placed on the half pay list, and then in March 1922, retires with the honorary rank of brigadier-general. In his later life in March 1936 he was appointed the Regimental Colonel of the 9th Lancers, became a
Deputy Lieutenant, for the county of
Sussex, in April 1937, and also appointed as a
Justice of the Peace. ==Notes==