Giles Vandeleur

Giles Vandeleur

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Alexander Meysey Vandeleur DSO (born September 2, 1911) 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 in the breakout of XXX Corps during Operation Market-Garden. He went on to acting command of the British 5th Guards Armoured Brigade in 1945. He retired from the Army in 1949. [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_V01.html Army Record] ]

In the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far, based on Operation Market-Garden, Michael Byrne played Giles Vandeleur and Michael Caine, Joe.imdb title|id=0075784|title=A Bridge Too Far]

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