John Charles Preston (Jack) Besford
Jack Besford was a dentist and amateur swimmer, who became British and European swimming champion.
Honours
Besfords have received the OBE, and been Mentioned in Despatches.
George Besford (1871–1938)
George Besford started out as a shipbuilder, but went on to become a cinema manager.
Percy Robert Smith Besford (1914–1978)
Percy Robert Smith Besford, born in the Lowestoft area in 1914, was a skipper in the Royal Naval Reserve and was Mentioned in Despatches in the 1944 King’s Birthday Honours.