George BEARD (Coronor Stops Funeral) (General)
There is a medal index card on Ancestry for a Capt. G. J. H. Beard, Monmouthshire Regt.
He was promoted Lieutenant on 18.7.1916
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29670/supplement/7083
Resigned his commission in 2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regt. 24.2.1921, and retained the rank of Lieutenant. He would have been placed in the Reserve of Officers and liable to recall if required.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32237/supplement/1538
Promoted Captain, whilst in the Reserve of Officers, 17.6.1922
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32770/page/8301
He would have still been in the Reserve of Officers at the time of his death.