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General Sir Clive Gerard Liddell, KCB, CMG, CBE, DSO (1 May 1883 – 9 September 1956) was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1937 to 1939. He was Governor of Gibraltar from 1939 to 1941 during the early stages of the Second World War.[1]

Military career

Liddell attended Uppingham School before enrolling at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[2] He was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment on 22 October 1902.[4][3]

He was an adjutant from 1908 to 1911 and then became a staff captain at 6th District of Northern Command in April 1912.[5][6]

He served in the First World War as assistant adjutant and quartermaster general at the War Office.[6][1]

After the war Liddell became an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley.[6][3] He then went to the Imperial Defence College in 1927.[6] He became a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1928 and then Commander 8th Infantry Brigade in 1931.[6]

He became general officer commanding (GOC) 47th (2nd London) Division in January 1935 and then GOC 4th Division in November 1935 before becoming Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1937.[6] He was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar in 1939, a post he held until 1941.[6] During his tenure of this post he organised the evacuation of all families of British service personnel and civilians from Gibraltar.[7] He served as Inspector General for Training from 1941 to 1942; he retired in 1943.[6]

Liddell was also Colonel of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment from 1943 to 1948[6] and Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1943 to 1949.[8][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Smart 2005, p. 190.
  2. ^ a b “Gen. Sir Clive Liddell: Commander and Staff Officer”. The Times. 11 September 1956. p. 11.
  3. ^ a b c d “British Army officer histories”. Unit Histories. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. ^ “No. 27486”. The London Gazette. 21 October 1902. p. 6653.
  5. ^ “No. 28598”. The London Gazette. 12 April 1912. p. 2640.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i “Liddell, Sir Clive Gerard”. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ Cadiz News Archived 20 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ “No. 38742”. The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 October 1949. p. 5065.

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