Giles Vandeleur
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Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Alexander Meysey Vandeleur, DSO
(September 2, 1911 – March 9, 1978) was a British Army
officer during the Second World War.
He was commissioned into the Irish Guards
as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1931. As acting Commanding Officer of the 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards he served under his cousin Joe Vandeleur
(their grandfathers were brothers) in the breakout of XXX Corps during Operation Market-Garden. He went on to become acting commander of the British 5th Guards Armoured Brigade
in 1945. He retired from the Army in 1949.
In the 1977
film A Bridge Too Far, based on Operation Market-Garden, Michael Byrne
played Giles Vandeleur and Michael Caine
, Joe.
Vandeleur died on March 9, 1978.
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
(September 2, 1911 – March 9, 1978) was a British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer during the Second World War.
He was commissioned into the Irish Guards
Irish Guards
The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish regiments remaining in the British Army. The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities...
as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1931. As acting Commanding Officer of the 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards he served under his cousin Joe Vandeleur
John Ormsby Evelyn Vandeleur
Brigadier John Ormsby Evelyn 'JOE' Vandeleur DSO and Bar, ON was a British Army officer who served in the Second World War.-Early life:...
(their grandfathers were brothers) in the breakout of XXX Corps during Operation Market-Garden. He went on to become acting commander of the British 5th Guards Armoured Brigade
British 5th Guards Armoured Brigade
The 5th Guards Armoured Brigade was a Second World War British Army formation, a component unit of the Guards Armoured Division.- History :This brigade was converted from the 20th Infantry Brigade on 15 September 1941. It was stationed in the United Kingdom until 30 June 1944 when it arrived in...
in 1945. He retired from the Army in 1949.
In the 1977
1977 in film
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
film A Bridge Too Far, based on Operation Market-Garden, Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne (actor)
Michael Byrne is an English actor noted for his roles on film and television. He has often been cast in Nazi military roles such as Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Obergruppenführer Odilo Globocnik in the BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris...
played Giles Vandeleur and Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
, Joe.
Vandeleur died on March 9, 1978.