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Peter de la Billière. General Sir 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 ).
By DAVID FAIRHALL. Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00. BRITAIN's most decorated soldier, the Gulf war commander Gen Sir Peter de la Billiere, refused yesterday to accept that he is banned from attending ...
Billiere: First of all a major and first class, outstanding fighting force of 45,000 people - navy, army, air force. And backed up by our own industry. And backed up by our own industry.
Jul 13, 2021 · The SAS commander, Col. Peter de la Billière — who later became a general and was the deputy commander of all coalition forces during the Gulf War — pressed for a commando raid to take out ...
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Former SAS commander General Sir Peter de la Billière outlines how the unit's domestic counter-terrorism role had been established prior to the 1980 siege. Interviewed in 2015. 30 April 1980
Biographical / Historical. Sir Peter de la Billière was born in Plymouth at the Charlton Nursing Home on 29 April 1934, the son of Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Claude Dennis Delacour de Labillière and of Francis Christine Wright Lawley. He married Bridget Constance Muriel Goode in 1965 with whom he has one son and two daughters.