Edward Beck (British Army officer)

Major General Edward Archibald Beck DSO (1880–1974) was a British Army officer who commanded 9th Highland Division.

Military career
Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Beck was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1900. He took part in the Second Boer War and was then seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1909 before serving in World War I during which he was six times mentioned in despatches and awarded the DSO. He was appointed Chief Instructor at the Small Arms School at Hythe in 1925, Commander of 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1929 and Instructor at the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness in 1932. He went on to be a staff officer with Scottish Command in 1933, Commander of 2nd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1935 and Director of Personal Services at the War Office in 1938. He served in World War II as Commander of 9th (Highland) Division before retiring in 1940. He continued has war service with the Perthshire Home Guard until the end of the War.