Lieutenant General Sir Peter John Beale, KBE, QHP, FRCP (born 18 March 1934) is a retired military physician.
Following his preclinical studies, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, which he attended as a choral scholar.
[3] On 7 June 1960, as part of National Service, Beale was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps as a lieutenant.
[7] He was promoted to colonel on 1 April 1982, by which point he had been elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and attained a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
[11] He was appointed Commander Medical, I Corps in 1984,[7] and was promoted to brigadier on 28 January 1985 with seniority from 26 October 1984.
[12] He was appointed Commander Medical, United Kingdom Land Forces in 1987,[7] and promoted to major general on 30 November,[13] He served as Director General Army Medical Services from 1990 to 1993.