Peter de la Billière Military person

General Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC & Bar MSC (born 29 April 1934) is a former British Army officer who was Director SAS during the Iranian Embassy Siege and Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in the 1990 Gulf War. He is often known by the acronym DLB.

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Military person

award
Legion of Merit
Order of the Bath
Mentioned in dispatches
Military Cross
Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
Falklands War
Korean War
Malayan Emergency
Gulf War
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
military branch
British Army
military command
Special Air Service Regiment
General Officer Commanding Wales
Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Persian Gulf War
service start1952
service end1992

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