Clive Vernon Beadon was born on 15 April 1919 in Coonoor, British India, the son of a British soldier.
10 Facts About Clive Beadon
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Clive Beadon was commissioned into the Royal Air Force a few months before the outbreak of World War II in 1939, serving first in the No 502 Squadron RAF.
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Clive Beadon was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for merit by King George VI in 1945, in addition to campaign medals the Atlantic Star, the Defence Medal, the War Medal, and the Burma Star.
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Clive Beadon was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal by Elizabeth II during the 1953 Coronation Honours.
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Clive Beadon kept the engines of his aircraft running while his air force colleagues covered the king's head with a blanket and dragged him on board while he protested.
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Clive Beadon was awarded the Air Force Cross of Aeronautical Merit by President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla of Colombia for his service in the 1950s.
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In February 1965 Clive Beadon married Scottish heiress and socialite Jane Corby Whigham, the widowed stepmother of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, at Carlton Hall in London.
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Clive Beadon was Whigham's third husband and she was his second wife.
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Clive Beadon retired from the Royal Air Force in 1966.
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Clive Beadon was a member of the British Society of Dowsers.