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Liddell, Clive Gerard "Jock"

Date of birth:
May 1st, 1883 (Huddersfield/Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
September 9th, 1956 (London, United Kingdom)
Nationality:
British

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1915
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
Department of the Adjutant-General, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1918

Assistant Adjutant General (AAG)
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
Department of the Adjutant-General, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:
April 4th, 1919

Assistant Adjutant General (AAG)
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Ufficiale
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
Staff College Camberley, Directorate of Military Training, Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:
June 5th, 1919

Instructor (Assistant Adjutant General (AAG))
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Rank:
Colonel
Awarded on:
October 12th, 1926
"For having on 25 August 1926, at very great personal risk, courageously saved the lives of three people in danger of drowning in the sea at St Lunaire, France."

For the rescue from drowning, at St. Lunaire, Britanny, France, of Mrs. Norris, her son aged nine, and his governess, who had been swept out by the current.
Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal
Rank:
Major-General
Unit:
HQ, 47th (2nd London) Division, British Army
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1935
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
Rank:
Lieutenant-general
Unit:
Department of the Adjutant-General, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:
January 2nd, 1939
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal 1935
King George VI Coronation Medal

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