| 1. |  Captain Ralph Gareth Beck was born on 16 May 1921 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland; died on 27 Mar 1990 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland; was buried in Mar 1990 in Knock, Ireland. Other Events:
- Education: Inchmarlo, RBAI, Campbell College
- Honours: an Officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
- Occupation: Dental Surgeon
- Confirmation: 1930
- Education: 1944; LDS, Queens University, Belfast
- Military: Between 1944 and 1952; RADC, Rhine crossing - Lieutenant, Captain
Notes:
...Very keen on CCF at Campbell; played hockey there. Much involved with QUB OTC. From there into RADC as Lieutenant then Captain. Airborne Brigade Arnehm 1944. Involved in Armoured Division as a MO in Rhine crossing and subsequent battles. Regarded by many of his contemporaries in RADC as the most able of the group who, had he stayed, would have in all probability been DADS. Very enthusiastic Sailor at Quoile Yacht Club, Downpatrick, and then North Down Yacht Club, Strangford Lough. Later Commodore at ND.
...Honorary consultant School of Dentistry, Royal Victoria Hospital. Retired from practice at 332 Upper Newtonards Road for his own health, and also to nurse wife, who was terminally ill with Rheumatoid arthritis. Moved to a bungalow at Circular Road, Belfast. Pressured into recommencing practice by patients, and he they ran a very successful small private practice at Ballyhackamore. (Source: Information received from Alan C. Beck)
Ralph married Dorothy Marsh on 24 Feb 1948 in Bad Oeynhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Dorothy was born on 22 Jan 1920 in Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales; died on 26 Aug 1978 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland; was buried in Aug 1984 in Knock, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1921 - 1990 (68 years)
