Gerald Lathbury Military person

General Sir Gerald William Lathbury, GCB, DSO, MBE (14 July 1906 – 16 May 1978) was a British Army officer during the Second World War and later became Governor of Gibraltar.

Personal facts

Gerald Lathbury
Birth dateJuly 14, 1906
Birth place
India , Murree
Date of deathMay 16, 1978
Place of death
Stratfield Mortimer

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
Operation Pegasus
Operation Market Garden
World War II
military branch
British Army
military command
Eastern Command
Staff College Camberley
East Africa Command
3rd Parachute Brigade
1st Parachute Brigade
16th Airborne Division
military unit
Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
service start1926
service end1965

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