Captain IAN OSWALD LIDDELL
Coldstream Guards
5th Bn.
Died 21 April 1945
Age 25 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Son of Percy William Oswald and Gwendoline Ray Liddell, of Shirenewton, Monmouthshire; husband of Patricia Mary Liddell, of Great Canfield, Essex.
- Personal Inscription INTO THE MOSAIC OF VICTORY WE PLACE THIS PRECIOUS JEWEL OF HUSBAND AND SON
- Additional Citation note
The following details are taken from the London Gazette of June 5th, 1945:- In Germany on April 3rd, 1945, Captain Liddell was commanding a company of the Coldstream Guards ordered to capture intact a bridge over the river Ems, near Lingen. The bridge was heavily defended and prepared for demolition. Captain Liddell ran forward alone to neutralise the 500 lb. charges. Unprotected, and all the time under intense fire, he crossed and re-crossed the whole length of the bridge, disconnecting the charges at both ends and underneath it. The bridge was captured intact, and the way cleared for the advance over the river. Captain Liddell's outstanding gallantry and superb example of courage will never be forgotten by those who saw it. This very brave officer later died of wounds subsequently received in action.
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