MB ChB Manch 1937.
After qualifying at Manchester, Beckett held house positions at MRI and Stockport Infirmary. He later became medical registrar at MRI and registrar and AMO at Manchester and Salford Skin Hospital, before being appointed Venereologist for Isle of Man County Council. Beckett was a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was a member of Manchester Medical Society and Isle of Man Medical Society.