Major Jeff Beadle, Marine who led a daring assault on a hill on Brac island in the Adriatic – obituary
Major Jeff Beadle, Marine who led a daring assault on a hill on Brac island in the Adriatic – obituary His bravery and leadership won him an MC, but he was badly wounded in a German counterattack and after being left for dead was captured Jeff Beadle Major Jeff Beadle, RM, who has died aged 98, led an audacious assault on a hill on an island in the Adriatic; after being badly wounded during a German counterattack, he was left for dead and ended up being taken prisoner. On the night of June 3 1944, Beadle commanded Y troop of 40 Commando, Royal Marines which attacked a heavily defended hill ...
Source: telegraph.co.uk