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Men
G.E.V.L. Beckman
 OZD emblem

 

#1488
 
Gustaaf Eugènius Victor Lambert Beckman
 
January 23rd 1890, Amsterdam † April 24th 1961, Heemstede

 

         
Ranks G.E.V.L. Beckman (Photo: © Collection J.J. Kragten) Decorations
Adelborst year 1907 XV 1930, 6 Dec
Adelborst II 1907, 4 Sep Mk  
Adelborst I 1910, 24 Aug  DD. 5 1926, 20 Apr
Ltz. II 1912, 24 Aug     
Ltz. I 1920, 1 Nov     
Honourable discharge 1930, 1 Feb     
Retirement 1930, 1 Feb     
       
       
       
       
       
       
         
Submarine Commands
Hr.Ms. "O I"   1918, early - 1918, 24 December
Hr.Ms. "M 1"   1918, 24 December - 1919, 7 May
Hr.Ms. "O 3" 1919, 9 May - 1919, 15 July
Hr.Ms. "K I" 1919, 24 October - 1921, 1 December
Hr.Ms. "O 7" 1922, 16 May - 1922, 21 August
Hr.Ms. "M 1"   1922, 1 June - 1922, 21 August
Hr.Ms. "O 8"   1922, 21 August - 1923, 12 October 
Hr.Ms. "K XI"   1925, 3 June - 1925, 5 August 
Hr.Ms. "K XI"   1925, 15 October - 1926, 1 July 

 

Chronology
1910, 18 October - 1912, 13 February   on board "pantser" ship Hr.Ms. "Tromp"
1912, 13 February - 1912, 16 September   on board survey vessels Hr.Ms."Van Gogh"
1912, 16 September - ?   on board "pantser" ship Hr.Ms. "Tromp"
1913, 24 December - 1914, 4 March   Back to the Netherlands on board "pantser" ship Hr.Ms. "De Ruyter"
1914, 4 March - 1914, 15 April   Standby
1914, 15 April - 1914, 1 August   Naval barracks at Amsterdam
1914, 1 August - 1916, 20 March   on board standby vessel Hr.Ms. "Schorpioen"
Trained as Coastguard / Senior torpedo boat Officer
Also stationed in Zeeland as coastguard in order to search for
 German and English floating mines coming from occupied Belgium
Also on board a torpedo boat
1916, 20 March - 1916, 1 July   on board standby vessel Hr.Ms. "Koningin Emma"
Assigned to the Submarine Service
1916, 1 July - 1916, 16 August   on board standby vessel Hr.Ms. "Schorpioen"
Assigned to the Submarine Service
Training on board Hr.Ms. "O I"
1916, 16 August - 1917, 19 February   Temporarily Cdt. submarine tender Hr.Ms. "Cornelius Drebbel"
1917, 19 February - 1917, 2 July   on board torpedo instruction vessel Hr.Ms. "Koningin Emma"
1917, 2 July - 1917, 16 November   Cdt. submarine depot ship Hr.Ms. "Vali"
1917, 16 November - 1918, 18 April   on board torpedo instruction vessel Hr.Ms. "Koningin Emma"
1918, 18 April - 1918, 21 October   Naval barracks at Amsterdam
1918, 21 October - 1919, 17 July   on board torpedo instruction vessel Hr.Ms. "Koningin Emma"*
1918, early - 1918, 24 December   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O I"*
1918, 24 December - 1919, 7 May   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "M 1"*
1919, 9 May - 1919, 15 July   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 3"*
1919, 16 July - 1919, 13 September   Standby
1919, 13 September - 1919, 24 October   To Dutch East Indies on board the merchant? ship "Vondel"
1919, 24 October - 1921, 1 December Cdt. Submarine Station Soerabaja
1919, 24 October - 1921, 1 December   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K 1" 
1921, 1 December - 1922, 1 April   Back to the Netherlands on board "pantser" ship Hr.Ms. "Tromp"
1922, 1 April - 1922, 12 May   Standby
1922, 12 May - 1923, 1 October   Submarine Service barracks at Willemsoord (Den Helder naval base)*
1922, 16 May - 1922, 21 August   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 7"*
1922, 1 June - 1922, 21 August   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "M 1" *
1922, 21 August - 1923, 12 October    Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 8"*
1923, 1 Oct - 1924, 18 November   First Officer Submarine Service barracks at Willemsoord (Den Helder naval base)
1924, 18 November - 1925, 24 March   Overseeing construction of Hr.Ms. "K XI" at Rotterdam.
1925, 24 March - 1925, 3 June   Submarine Service barracks at Willemsoord (Den Helder naval base)
For future command of the Hr.Ms. "K XI"
1925, 3 June - 1925, 5 August    Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K X1"
1925, 15 October - 1926, 1 July    Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K X1"
1926, 1 July - 1928, 13 August   Overseeing conservation of decommissioned submarines in the
 Dutch East Indies
1928, 13 August - 1929, 12 June   Naval barracks at Oedjong (Dutch East Indies)
1929, 12 June - 1929, 6 July   Back to the Netherlands on board MS "Prinses Juliana"
1929, 6 July - 1930, 1 February   Retired from active duty
* The overlap in these assignments could be explained by the fact that the slept on board the Hr.Ms. "Koningin Emma" / Submarine Service barracks

 

Civilian career
1930 - 1947 Insp. Algemeene Friesche levensverz. mij
1948 - ? Ned. Genootschap tot reclassering - Board member Department Haarlem
1952 - ?   Koninklijke Vereniging "Onze Vloot" - President of Department Haarlem

 

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Notes
Nickname: "De ouwe heer" (the old man)
Artillery specialist
Son of F.J. Beckman (#97),
Father-in-law of A.P.E.J.J. Besnard (#3008) and W.W. Kuyck (#3871),
Grandfather of A.P.E. Besnard  (#6048) and R.P. Besnard (#6623).

 

 

G.E.V.L. Beckman in the Dutch East Indies (Photo: © Rick P. Besnard)

G.E.V.L. Beckman, 31 Aug 1926 (Photo: © Rick P. Besnard)

G.E.V.L. Beckman, 31 Aug 1926 (Photo: © Rick P. Besnard)

 

 

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