Clive Gerard Liddell

Clive Gerard "Jock" Liddell , KCB , CMG , CBE , DSO (born May 1, 1883 in Huddersfield , Yorkshire , † September 9, 1956 in London ) was a British general in the British Army , who was among other things governor between 1939 and 1941 Supreme Commander of Gibraltar and from 1941 to 1942 Inspector General for Training in the War Ministry. After his retirement he was active between 1943 and 1949 as governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea , a retirement home for retired and disabled soldiers of the British Army in London.

Life

Clive Gerard "Jock" Liddell began an officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst after attending the Uppingham School, founded in 1584 . Once finished, he was in 1902 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the line infantry regiment Regiment Royal Leicestershire adopted. After numerous other assignments as an officer and staff officer , he was appointed Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General (Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General) during the First World War on January 3, 1916 for a unit of the British Expeditionary Forces BEF ( British Expeditionary Force ) deployed in France . . He then was he between 11 December 1916 and 6 February 1917 for special disposal at the War Office ( War Office ) , where he was on 7 February 1917 to the 28 February 1919 of assistive Adjutant General (Assistant Adjutant General) . During this time he was awarded the brevet rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) on October 23, 1917 .

After the war, Liddell was an instructor at Staff College Camberley between March 1, 1919 and April 30, 1922 and then from 1923 to 1925 Deputy Administrative Director of the British Empire Exhibition , a colonial exhibition held at Wembley from 1924 to 1925 . He was awarded the brevet rank of colonel (Brevet Colonel) on June 23, 1923 . In 1926 he became commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment and was followed from 1927 to 1928 graduate of Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London . On 2 March 1928 he was appointed Colonel (Colonel) transported, said transport was backdated to 23 October 1,921th He then acted between March 2, 1928 and June 15, 1931 as General Staff Officer 1 in the War Ministry and as a Temporary Brigadier from June 16, 1931 to April 6, 1934 as commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade (8th Infantry Brigade) . There took place on 30 December 1933 was promoted to Major General (Major-General) .

After Jock Liddell was on leave from April 7, 1934 to January 1, 1935 with reduced pay (half-pay) , he was Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 47th Infantry Division between January 1 and November 26, 1935 ( 47th (1 / 2nd London) Division ) and subsequently of 27 November 1935 to 12 December 1937 Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division ( 4th Infantry Division ) . Then he was on December 13, 1937 as Temporary Lieutenant-General Adjutant General of the Army in the Ministry of War (Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office) and held this office until June 30, 1939. During this time he received his promotion to Lieutenant General (Lieutenant-General) on January 29, 1938 . During his long career he was awarded the Companion des Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) as well as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). On January 2, 1939, he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and has since been named "Sir".

As the successor to General Edmund Ironside , Liddell took over the post of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar on July 11, 1939 and remained in this post until May 14, 1941, when General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, succeeded him there. His last position was on May 15, 1941, Inspector-General of Training, War Office, and he held this position until he retired on November 1, 1942. On September 5, 1941, he was also promoted to general , this promotion being dated back to February 6, 1941. In 1943 he succeeded General Harry Knox as Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea , a retirement home for retired and disabled soldiers of the British Army in London , and held this position until he was replaced by General Bernard Paget in 1949.

Web links

• Entry in The Generals of World War II
• SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860. (PDF; 2 MB) In: gulabin.com. July 2, 2019(English). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 269
2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 233
3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 215
4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 7
5. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES. In: leighrayment.com. November 2, 2018, accessed September 27, 2019 . 
6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 154
7. ↑ Gibraltar: Governors in Rulers

predecessor	Office	successor
General Edmund Ironside	Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar 1939–1941	General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort