World War II Service
During World War II Beak was commander of 12th Brigade, GOC Malta and 151st Infantry Brigade, which he led during Operation Pugilist. Montgomery dismissed him from this post after that battle and he never held another command.
He was an acting brigadier by 2 August 1940 when his promotion to colonel was gazetted. A Mention in Despatches was gazetted on 20 December 1940, for services between March and June of that year. He was promoted temporary major-general in January 1942. He retired from the army on 19 February 1945, retaining the honorary rank of major-general.
His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.
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