Ivan de la Bere
| Sir Ivan de la Bere | |
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de la Bere, by Leslie Cole, 1943
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| Born | 25 April 1893 Cheltenham |
| Died | 27 December 1970 (aged 77) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1913–1945 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Commands held |
1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 233rd Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
World War I (France and Belgium) World War II (Malta) |
| Other work | Secretary-General, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen |
Brigadier Sir Ivan de la Bere KCVO CB CBE (25 April 1893 – 27 December 1970) was a British Army officer in World War I and in World War II when he played a prominent part in the Siege of Malta. Later he was an official in the Royal Household.
Ivan de la Bere was born on 25 April 1893, the son of John de la Bere of Battledown Manor, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree.
In 1913 de la Bere joined the Regular Army and was commissioned as a Second lieutenant into the Dorsetshire Regiment. During World War I he served two spells of duty in France and Belgium in 1914–15 and 1915–16, including a period attached to the Connaught Rangers, and was wounded. In 1916 he was seconded in the rank of Captain to the Royal Flying Corps. In January 1918 de la Bere received a special staff appointment as a Conducting Officer in France, escorting visitors to the armies, and became an Assistant Press Officer in May 1918, retaining that appointment in the British Army of the Rhine after the Armistice with Germany.
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