Sir Walter Sydney Liddall

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(2 March 1884 – 24 February 1963) was the

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Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1931 to 1945. Born in

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, he was educated at

De Aston School De Aston School is a mixed secondary school with academy status in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England. It also has a sixth form but no longer has a boarding house as of 2020, following the country's decision to leave the European Union, due t ...

at Market Rasen. He was a local manager for the Scunthorpe Savings Bank and eventually became the chairman. In 1938 when

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returned from Munich with his and Hitler's signature on their ''peace'' agreement most of the MPs in the house rose in'' tumultuous acclamation,'' a few like

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remained seated. Liddall hissed at him ''Stand up, you brute''. Liddall died aged 78 in

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln, England, Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021. It is the administrative centre and largest settleme ...

. He was awarded

in the

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for political and public services.

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* 1884 births 1963 deaths People from Boston, Lincolnshire People educated at De Aston School Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Politics of Lincoln, England Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub