Alan Beddoe

Lieutenant commander Alan Brookman Beddoe OC, OBE, H/FHS, FRHSC (1893 – December 2, 1975) was a Canadian artist, war artist, consultant in Heraldry and founder and first President of the Heraldry Society of Canada. In the Royal Navy, United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, a lieutenant commander (lieutenant-commander or Lt Cdr in the RN) is a commissioned officer superior to a lieutenant and inferior to a commander. ... The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he studied at Ashbury College. During World War I, he was captured at Second Battle of Ypres in 1915 and spent two and half years in the prisoner of war camps at Gießen and Zerbst. After the war, he studied at the Art Students League of New York. In 1925, he opened the first commercial art studio in Ottawa. This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... Ashbury College is a independent day and boarding school located in Rockcliffe Park, a tony neighbourhood in the city of Ottawa, Canada. ... Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ... The Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used chemical weapons on a large scale on the Western Front in World War I and the first time a colonial force (Canadians) forced back a major European power (Germans) on European soil. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... theatre in Gießen Gießen (pronunciation â–¶(?)) is a city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Hessen in Germany, capital of both the Gießen district and the Gießen region . ... Zerbst is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and the capital of the Anhalt-Zerbst district. ... The Art Students League of New York is an art school founded in 1875. ...

He was also an expert in heraldry. In 1957, he was appointed by the Royal Canadian Navy its heraldic advisor and he was the founder and first president of the Heraldry Society of Canada. He produced dozens of badges for ships and establishments of the Royal Canadian Navy. The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ...

He wrote a book, Beddoe's Canadian heraldry.

In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1943, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services as a War artist. The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... War artists capture the experience of war in an artistic manner whilst based in the battlefield. ...

References

• Alan Brookman Beddoe. Library and Archives Canada. URL accessed on September 5, 2005.