Leslie de Malapert Thuillier explained

Leslie de Malapert Thuillier
Birth Date:	1905 9, df=y
Unit:	Royal Corps of Signals
Battles:	World War II
Rank:	Major-general
Module:	Embed: yes Relatives: Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier (grandfather) Henry Edward Landor Thuillier (great-grandfather)

Major-General Leslie "Pete" de Malapert Thuillier, CB,^[1] CVO, OBE,^[2] (26 September 1905 – 23 March 1999) was a British Army officer of the Royal Corps of Signals who served with distinction in the Second World War and later set up the hotline between 10 Downing Street and The White House.^[3]

His grandfather was Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier, and his great-grandfather was Henry Edward Landor Thuillier, both Surveyor Generals of India.^[3]

Selected publications

• Everest Observed

Notes and References

1. Web site: Recommendation for Award for Thuillier, Leslie de Malapert. 22 June 1958. National Archive of the UK.
2. Web site: Recommendation for Award for Thuillier, Leslie de Malapert. 22 June 1958. National Archive of the UK.
3. "Major-General L. de M. Thuillier", The Times, 25 March 1999, p. 28.