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Peter de la billière
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Peter de la Billière
British Army officer
Not to be confused with Peter Labilliere.
GeneralSir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC & Bar, , DL (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 Operation Granby (the Gulf War).
Early years
Peter de la Billière was born in Plymouth, Devon, the son of Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Claude Denis Delacour de la Billière and his wife, Frances Christine Wright ("Kitty") Lawley.[1][2][3] On 22 May 1941 his father, who had been educated at Monkton Combe School near Bath, Somerset,[4] was killed when his ship, HMS Fiji, was sunk by German bombers in an attack south-west of Crete.[5]
De la Billière was educated at St Peter's Court School, in Broadstairs, Kent,[6] and Harrow School.[5] A "P