Major General Edward Archibald Beck, DSO (16 March 1880 – 11 July 1974) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division during the early stages of the Second World War.

[3][1] He left Southampton in the SS Assaye the following month,[4] to fight in the Second Boer War with the 2nd battalion of his regiment.

In South Africa, he took part in operations in Natal from March to April, then in the Transvaal from May to November 1900, including the action at Frederickstad.

He was promoted to lieutenant on 6 April 1901, and that year took him to Cape Colony, north of the Orange River, including action at Ruidam.

[3] In addition to being County Commander Perthshire Cadets from 1943 to 1950, he was also Honorary Colonel 4/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers from 1942 to 1949.