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General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn, was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Britis
General Sir Dighton Probyn with Queen Mary, July 1918
'Dighton Probyn, 2nd Punjab Cavalry, in Indian dress', 1857 (c).
Captain Frank Reginald Beck, was a land agent to the British royal family. He helped to form a volunteer company comprising members of the royal staff. Under his leadership this unit fought in the Gal
Dighton Probyn
…devotion, carrying round a knife with her to cut open his collar when he occasionally had seizures. In 1915 Probyn gave an engraved wristwatch to Captain Frank Beck, the officer who led the Sandringham Volunteers in the First World War. After he was killed during the Gallipoli Campaign, it was bought from a Turkish…
Captain Frank Beck
Memorial window in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, West Newton, Norfolk