Second World War
During the Second World War, Brigadier Ted G.E. Beament, OBE, ED, (RMC 1925) was appointed Officer Commanding the Khaki University (principal). An extension department provided services for other camps in Great Britain and France. Brigadier Ted G.E. Beament was awarded the Governor General's Gold Medal upon his graduation from the Royal Military College of Canada # 1828 in 1929. Brigadier Ted Beament was awarded the Czechoslovakian Military Cross at the beginning of 1946. On his staff was Lieutenant-Colonel Tom F. Gelley, GL, who taught History and English at the RMC prior to the war and was the Registrar of RMC following it. Maj. John F. Twiss, RCA was a Professor of Mathematics at the RMC both pre - and post - war. After the war, Brigadier Ted Beament was a prominent Ottawa lawyer who served as President of the RMC Club in 1952.
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