W. G. Beauchamp

Captain Willoughby Greaves Beauchamp CBE, VRD (5 April 1890 – 24 February 1960) was a British merchant.

He served as the Commanding Officer of the Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Force from its formation in 1938 to 1946.

He was commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers (Infantry Branch) on 8 August 1917.

Beauchamp served in this capacity till 31 March 1946, when he was placed in the retired list, having been absorbed to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and promoted to the rank of Captain and was succeeded by Commander Royce de Mel.

[5][6] He was awarded the Volunteer Reserve Decoration and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (military division) in the 1946 New Year Honours.