Battles and wars World War II Battles/wars Second World War Rank Major-general | Name Richard Lloyd Allegiance United Kingdom Died 1991 | |
Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order | ||
Major-General Richard Eyre Lloyd CB, CBE, DSO (1906-1991) was a British Army officer who served as Director of Military Intelligence.
Military career
Lloyd was commissioned into the Royal Engineers. He served in the Second World War in North West Europe for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
After the War he became Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence for the British Army of the Rhine in February 1954, Chief of Staff for Middle East Land Forces in June 1957 and Director of Military Intelligence in August 1959 before retiring in June 1962.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 Birthday Honours and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1959 Birthday Honours.
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