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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).
Interview with Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Billiere, Senior British Commander But we weren't going to get Saddam Hussein. He's not going to sit there like a bewildered rabbit and be...
Jul 13, 2021 · The SAS commander, Col. Peter de la Billière — who later became a general and was t he deputy commander of all coalition forces during the Gulf War — pressed for a commando raid to take out...
Mar 7, 2018 · Former Special Air Service commander General Sir Peter de la Billiere outlines what makes a Special Forces soldier, 2018.-----...
Aug 27, 2020 · xii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm. "From his childhood, rebellion at school, the early death of his father and conflict with his step-father, on to his exploits in the army in Korea, Egypt, Malaya, Oman, Borneo, the Sudan, the Falklands, and the Gulf War, this book chronicles the SAS General's life."--. Includes ...
Feb 9, 2021 · De la Billière, Peter, Sir, 1934-, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal narratives, British, Generals -- Great Britain, Generals, Great Britain, Gulf War Military operations Publisher London : HarperCollins Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English
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.
Jun 5, 2020 · Storm command : a personal account of the Gulf War. by. De la Billière, Peter, Sir, 1934-. Publication date. 1993. Topics. De la Billière, Peter, Sir, 1934-, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal narratives, British. Publisher.
Interviewed in 2015, 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.
