Bill Liardet Explained

Bill Liardet
Nickname:"Bill"
Birth Name:Henry Maughan Liardet
Birth Date:27 October 1906
Birth Place:Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Death Place:Arundel, West Sussex, England
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1924–1964
Servicenumber:31303
Rank:Major-General
Unit:Royal Artillery
Royal Tank Regiment
Commands:23rd Armoured Brigade (1953–54)
8th Royal Tank Regiment (1949–50)
25th Armoured Engineer Brigade Royal Engineers (1945)
1st Armoured Replacement Group (1944)
6th Royal Tank Regiment (1942–44)
Battles:Second World War
Palestine Emergency
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Relations:Sir Claude Liardet (father)

Major-General Henry Maughan "Bill" Liardet (27 October 1906 – 8 February 1996) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

The son of a British Army officer, Captain Claude Liardet, "Bill" Liardet was born in Birkenhead, England on 27 October 1906. Like his father, Liardet was initially educated at Bedford School, Liardet was commissioned into the Royal Artillery, Royal Tank Corps in 1927, serving in India and Egypt between 1927 and 1938.[1] In 1939, the year the Second World War began, Liardet was in England attending the Staff College, Camberley, which graduated early due to the war's beginning in September.

Later years and death

Liardet retired from the army in 1964. He died in 1996 at the age of 89.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: British Army officer histories. Unit Histories. 2021-12-29.
  2. Web site: Liardet, Maj Gen Henry Maughan (`Bill') (1906-1996). kingscollections.org.