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  Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Antony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell (1913–27 April 1943) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was 29 years old, and a Temporary Captain in the 1st Bn., Scots Guards, British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 27 April accompanied by a sergeant, a lance-corporal and two guardsmen, he led an attack on an enemy post consisting of an 88mm.
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 Sir Charles Lyell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sir Charles Lyell was born in Scotland on November 14, 1797 and died in London on February 22, 1875.
Lyell stressed that the antiquity of human species was far beyond the accepted theories of that time.
Lyell was married and his wife preceded him in death.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/klmno/lyell_charles.html   (403 words)

  
 The Aerodrome Forum - British Major's
At the beginning of the war, these officers were mostly men of independent means; as the war progressed, standards lowered somewhat to include professional men and others of the upper middle classes.
If you were a duke or an earl (or even a baron or baronet) and wanted a military career, I'd bet that colonel would be as low a rank as you'd have.
Charles Antony, Lord Lyell (a Baron) was a T/Captain when he won his VC in 1943.
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 Architecture in a Crowded World - Lionel Brett
Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1959–1962, and Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds, 1970–1981
Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley (born 1926), Lord Justice of Appeal, 1982–1986, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1986–1998
Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick (born 1929), Lord Justice of Appeal, 1984–1993, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1993–1999
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