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| name = W. G. Beauchamp<br />
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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Willoughby Greaves Beauchamp''' [[CBE]], [[Volunteer Reserve Decoration|VRD]] (5 April 1890 – 24 February 1960) was a British merchant. He served as the [[Commander of the Navy (Sri Lanka)|Commanding Officer of the Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Force]] from its formation in 1938 to 1946.<br />
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Born to Willoughby James Beauchamp and Elizabeth Maria in Madras, Beauchamp was educated at [[Cheltenham College]]. He then moved to Ceylon becoming a Tea and Rubber merchant. There he was commissioned into the [[Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps]].<br />
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He was commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers (Infantry Branch) on 8 August 1917.<ref>London Gazette 16 November 1917</ref> He was attached to the 1st battalion, [[54th Sikhs]] on 3 November 1917.<ref>January 1919 Indian Army List</ref> Promoted Lieutenant 8 August 1917, he was released in that rank and are permitted to retain the rank of Lieutenant, 1st May 1922.<ref>London Gazette 1 September 1922</ref><br />
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By the late 1930s he was a Director and Chairman of J.M. Robertson & Co. Ltd in Colombo.<ref name=Past>{{cite web|title=Past Commanders|url=http://www.navy.lk/past-commanders.html|publisher=navy.lk|accessdate=17 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902032132/http://www.navy.lk/past-commanders.html|archive-date=2 September 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> When the [[Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force]] was formed on 1 January 1938, Beauchamp was commissioned a [[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]] and appointed its first commanding officer on 1 February 1938. Beauchamp served in this capacity till 31 March 1946, when he was placed in the retired list, having been absorbed to the [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]] and promoted to the rank of [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] and was succeeded by Commander [[Royce de Mel]]. Chairman of the CRNVR Association, April – July 1956.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Navy for a colony |url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/101205/Plus/plus_15.html |access-date=18 May 2022 |publisher=Sunday Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE DECORATION 1908 (VRD) |url=http://www.ceylonmedals.com/rnvr.htm |website=ceylonmedals.com |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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He was awarded the [[Volunteer Reserve Decoration]] and appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) (military division) in the [[1946 New Year Honours]]. His other medals include the [[British War Medal]], [[Victory Medal (United Kingdom)|Victory Medal]], the [[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defense Medal]], the [[War Medal 1939–1945]] and the [[Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal]].<br />
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He married Kathleen Alice of Dr. W. B. Benison on 8 April 1912. They had three daughters.<br />
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