General Sir Clive Gerard Liddell, KCB, CMG, CBE, DSO (1 May 1883 – 9 September 1956) was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1937 to 1939. He was Governor of Gibraltar from 1939 to 1941 during the early stages of the Second World War.[1]
Liddell attended Uppingham School before enrolling at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[2] He was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment on 22 October 1902.[4][3] He was an Adjutant from 1908 to 1911 and then became Staff Captain at 6th District of Northern Command in 1912.[5] He served in the First World War as Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General at the War Office.[5][1]
After the war Liddell became an Instructor at the Staff College.[5][3] He then went to the Imperial Defence College in 1927.[5] He became a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1928 and then Commander 8th Infantry Brigade in 1931.[5] He became General Officer Commanding (GOC) 47th (2nd London) Division in January 1935 and then GOC 4th Division in November 1935 before becoming Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1937.[5] He was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar in 1939, a post he held until 1941.[5] During his tenure of this post he organised the evacuation of all families of British service personnel and civilians from Gibraltar.[6] He served as Inspector General for Training from 1941 to 1942; he retired in 1943.[5]
Liddell was also Colonel of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment from 1943 to 1948[5] and Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1943 to 1949.[7][3]