Edward Beddington-Behrens, Major, Sir. CMG M.C. (BED1499)

Basic Information

Unique reference:

BED1499

Gender:

Male

Birth

Date of birth:

5 Adar I 5657 (07 February 1897)

Place of birth:

Paris

Death

Date of death:

7 Kislev 5729 (28 November 1968)

Died in combat?:

Place of death:

London

Burial place:

St James Church, London

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Headstone at St James Church
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Edward

Places

Addresses

His home:

Chesham Palace, Belgravia

Schools

Name:

Charterhouse School

Name:

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

Name:

Christ Church College, Oxford

Name:

London University

Other Organisations

Name:

United Kingdom Council on European Movement

Name:

League of Nations

Significance:

Permanent Secretary

Name:

European League for Economic Cooperation

Significance:

Vice President

Name:

European Movement

Significance:

President (Knighted in 1957)

Family

Spouse

Barbara Jessie Burton (female)

Other surname / Maiden name:

Beddington-Behrens

Place of marriage:

London, 1931

Spouse

Princess Irina Obolensky (female)

Other surname / Maiden name:

Beddington-Behrens

Place of marriage:

Private Chapel of Russian House, Kensington London, 1944

Spouse

Irene Adela Kane (female)

Other surname / Maiden name:

Beddington-Behrens

Country of marriage:

Switzerland, 1958

Children

Serge Obolensky Beddington-Behrens (male)

Siblings

Walter Louis Behrens (male)

Parents

Father: Walter Eugene Behrens (male)

Mother: Evelyn Kate Beddington (female)

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Edward with twin brother, Walter Jr.
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The twin brothers with their parents at Bois de Bolougne

Military Record

Military service:

Army

Date enlisted/conscripted:

15 September 1915

Date discharged/death:

01 September 1948

Rank at discharge/death:

Major

Assignments

Regiment:

Royal Field Artillery

Campaigns:

Somme

Medals:

Military Cross 1917
Added Bar 1918

Regiment:

Second World War : Territorial Army

Regiment:

Second World War : Staff Officer at Coleshill House

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Bar to the MC
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Letter written to the Times regarding the Battle of the Somme
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MC Citation

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