Harry Churchill Beet VC (1 April 1873 – 10 January 1946) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Beet was 27 years old, and a corporal in the 1st Battalion, Derbyshire Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 22 April 1900 at Wakkerstroom, South Africa, for which he was awarded the VC: He stayed in South Africa until after the war had ended in June 1902, and returned to the United Kingdom on the SS Syria in September that year. On his return to his hometown Long Eaton, Derbyshire, his townsmen gave him what was reported as a ″great reception″. He later achieved the rank of captain. He later emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he fought with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I. In 1936 he settled in Vancouver where he remained until his death. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Sherwood Foresters Museum, The Castle, Nottingham, England. References Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000) Angloboerwar.com 1873 births 1946 deaths Sherwood Foresters soldiers Sherwood Foresters officers British recipients of the Victoria Cross Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross Canadian Expeditionary Force officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War People from Bingham, Nottinghamshire English emigrants to Canada British military personnel of the Tirah campaign British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Burials at Mountain View Cemetery (Vancouver) Military personnel from Nottinghamshire