Cecil Howard Beamish (31 March 1915 – 21 May 1999) was an Irish RAF officer, who served during the Second World War and was later Director of RAF Dental Services 1969–1973. He was the youngest of the Beamish brothers, the others being Victor,

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, all RAF officers and accomplished sportsmen. Beamish played rugby for

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, the

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and the RAF. Beamish was an accomplished amateur golfer, who represented Ireland internationally; he won the Belgian Open Amateur Championship in 1951, was runner-up in the Irish Amateur Open Championship in 1952, was a semi-finalist in

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in 1953, won the Malayan Open Amateur Championship in 1954 and 1955, and won the Midland Amateur-Professional Foursomes alongside John Sharkey in 1958.

Golf

Tournaments won

*1951 Belgian Open Amateur Championship *1953 Hong Kong Open Amateur Championship *1954 Malayan Open Amateur Championship, Singapore Open Amateur Championship *1955 Malayan Open Amateur Championship *1958 Midland Amateur-Professional Foursomes (with John Sharkey) Sources:

Team appearances

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(representing Ireland): 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956 Source:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beamish, Cecil Howard 1915 births 1999 deaths Irish rugby union players Barbarian F.C. players Leicester Tigers players Irish male golfers Amateur golfers Royal Air Force personnel of World War II 20th-century Irish sportsmen