Gerald Lloyd-Verney

Major General Gerald Harry George Lloyd-Verney, DSO & Bar, MVO (10 July 1900 – 3 April 1957) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 7th Armoured Division ("The Desert Rats") during the Second World War.Educated at Eton College, Verney was Page of Honour to King George V between 1914 and 1917.[2] He became Aide-de-camp to the Governor of South Australia in 1928 and then, after attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1938 to 1939, transferred to the Irish Guards in 1939.[2] Verney served in the Second World War as instructor at the Staff College in 1940 before becoming Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion Irish Guards during its conversion to tanks in the United Kingdom later that year.[2] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Armoured Division in 1946 before retiring in 1948.
Major General Gerald Lloyd-Verney, GOC 7th Armoured Division, enters Ghent in his Staghound armoured car , 8 September 1944.
KensingtonLondonEnniskerryCounty WicklowBritish ArmyMajor GeneralService numberGrenadier GuardsIrish Guards56th (London) Armoured Division1st Guards Brigade7th Armoured Division6th Guards Tank Brigade32nd Guards BrigadeSecond World WarDistinguished Service OrderMember of the Royal Victorian OrderMentioned in DespatchesDeed pollSir Harry Lloyd VerneyEton CollegePage of HonourKing George VcommissionedAide-de-campGovernor of South AustraliaStaff College, CamberleyStaghound armoured carCommanding OfficerNormandyGeneral Officer CommandingBernard MontgomeryViennaVivian Smith, 1st Baron BicesterJohn Scandrett HarfordBlaise CastleSir Charles Frederick HothamWing CommanderCounty GalwayCaptainGeorge ErskineGOC 7th Armoured DivisionLewis LyneJohn WhitfieldGOC 56th (London) Armoured DivisionRobert Arkwright