John Beer
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John Beer

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John R. Beer
Born 1950s.
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Brother of [private sister (1940s - unknown)]
Father of [private daughter (1970s - unknown)] and [private son (1980s - unknown)]
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Biography

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John Beer was born in Devon, England.
This profile is part of the Llangadog, Carmarthenshire One Place Study.

John was born in 1955 in Bideford, Devon. He joined the Royal Navy in 1972 at the age of 17. He served for 32 years and his service history is shown below. Whilst serving he achieved a 1st Class degree, a B.Sc. (Hons) in maths and physics, from the Open University.

He then started a new career and trained as a technician in radiation protection in the Medical Physics department of Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. As part of his training he took another degree which was awarded by De Montfort University. He retired in 2010.

John is still living. [1]


Naval Career

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[2]

John joined up on the 9th September 1972. On entry he was 6' 0" tall and had a 40.5" chest, brown hair and eyes and a fresh complexion.

He did his basic training at HMS Fisgard and then went on to HMS Caledonia to do his Artificer training. He served on a number of ships and shore establishments and retired on 1st September 2003 with the rank of Warrant Officer.

Name of Ship Sea or Shore Rating From To
HMS Fisgard Shore Artificer Apprentice 1972-09-09 1973-05-03
HMS Caledonia Shore MEA Apprentice 1973-05-04 1975-08-31
HMS Danae Sea MEA Apprentice 1975-09-01 1976-04-30
HMS Danae Sea A/MEA2 1976-05-01 1977-04-30
HMS Defiance (Drake) Shore A/MEA2 1977-09-05 1977-09-07
HMS Royal Arthur Shore A/MEA2 1977-09-08 1977-10-13
HMS Defiance (Drake) Shore A/MEA2 1977-10-14 1978-01-15
HMS Charybdis Sea A/MEA2 1978-01-16 1978-01-22
HMS Charybdis Sea MEA2 1978-01-23 1979-01-22
HMS Charybdis Sea MEA1 1979-01-23 1979-02-25
HMS Devonport FMB Shore MEA1 1979-02-26 1979-02-26
HMS Drake (Field Gun Crew) Shore MEA1 1979-02-27 1979-08-05
HMS Devonport FMB Shore MEA1 1979-08-06 1979-08-31
HMS Devonport FMB Shore MEA(M)1 1979-09-01 1979-09-30
HMS Aurora Sea MEA(M)1 1979-10-01 1981-01-14
HMS Devonport FMB Shore MEA(M)1 1981-01-15 1981-03-25
HMS Defiance (Drake) Shore MEA(M)1 1981-03-26 1983-03-31
HMS Defiance (Drake) Shore CPO MEA(M) 1983-04-01 1983-06-18
HMS Naval Party 1242 Shore CPO MEA(M) 1983-06-19 1983-12-13
HMS Defiance FMB (Drake) Shore CPO MEA(M) 1983-12-14 1984-03-19
HMS Avenger Sea CPO MEA(M) 1984-03-20 1985-09-01
HMS Avenger Sea ACC MEA(M) 1985-09-02 1986-01-24
HMS Defiance (Drake) Shore ACC MEA(M) 1986-01-25 1986-04-06
HMS Sultan Shore ACC MEA(M) 1986-04-07 1986-06-01
HMS Invincible Sea ACC MEA(M) 1986-06-02 1986-09-15
HMS Invincible Shore ACC MEA(M) 1986-09-16
HMS Invincible Shore CC MEA(M) 1988-11-24
HMS Invincible Sea CC MEA(M) 1988-11-25 1989-01-12
HMS Defiance Shore CC MEA(M) 1989-01-13 1990-03-07
HMS Beaver Sea CC MEA(M) 1990-03-08 1990-06-25
HMS FOST (Osprey) Shore AWO MEA(M) 1990-06-26 1991-03-30
HMS FOST (Osprey) Sea WO MEA(M) 1991-03-31 1991-10-14
HMS Defiance (GSL?) Shore WO MEA(M) 1991-10-15 1991-10-28
HMS Defiance Shore WO MEA(M) 1991-10-29 1994-03-31
HMS Drake Shore WO MEA(M) 1994-04-01 1994-10-31
HMS FOST (Osprey) Shore WO MEA(M) 1994-11-01 1995-07-23
HMS FOST (Drake) Sea WO MEA(M) 1995-07-24 1996-04-29
HMS Drake CFM Shore WO MEA(M) 1996-04-30 1999-01-04
HMS Capt F1 (Sea) (Drake) Sea WO MEA(M) 1999-01-05 2001-06-25
HMS Drake SFM Shore WO MEA(M) 2001-06-26 2003-09-01

Sources

  1. Personal recollection of events witnessed by Jutta Armstrong as remembered 14 Jul 2020.
  2. The information given here is from John's Royal Navy Certificate of Service

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