serviceyears branch commands allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1952 -- 1992 united kingdom commander east district general officer commanding wales director sas 22 sas british regiment forces middle east general officer commanding south united kingdom knight commander of the order of the british empire distinguished service commander order military cross & bar mentioned in despatches legion of of merit -lrb- united states -rrb- the order of the bath knight korean war war malayan emergency indonesia-malaysia confrontation falklands war gulf 29 april 1934 general peter de la billière
 sir peter de la billière
peter de la billière

general sir peter edgar de la cour de la billière , & bar -lrb- born 29 april 1934 -rrb- is a former british army officer who was director sas during the iranian embassy siege and commander-in-chief of the british forces in the 1990 gulf war .
he is often known by the acronym dlb .
