"Must Give Him A Good Farewell...": Brigadier LS Lidder's Wife At Funeral

The Brigadier, who was a top aide to Gen Rawat, had been approved for promotion to Major General, and was due to take command of a division

"We must give him a good farewell... a smiling send-off" - Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder's wife, Geetika Lidder, said this morning as she and her 16-year-old daughter, Aashna, said goodbye to the senior Army officer at Delhi's Brar Square Crematorium. #WATCH | "...We must give him a good farewell, a smiling send-off, I am a soldier's wife. It's a big loss...," says wife of Brig LS Lidder, Geetika pic.twitter.com/unLv6sA7e7 #WATCH | Daughter of Brig LS Lidder, Aashna Lidder speaks on her father's demise. She says, "...My father was a hero, my best friend. Maybe it was destined & better things will come our way. He was my biggest motivator..."He lost his life in #TamilNaduChopperCrash on Dec 8th. pic.twitter.com/j2auYohtmU

Mournful visuals showed Mrs Lidder in tears kneeling by the head of her husband's coffin, which was draped with the national flag and decked with flowers. Aashna was by her mother's side, fighting back tears of her own as she let a handful of rose petals fall through her fingers and on to her father's coffin.

"He was larger than life... everybody knows that. You can see how many came to say goodbye. He had a wonderful personality... was loved by everyone," Mrs Lidder, her voice wracked with grief, said.

"I am a soldier's wife..." she said, displaying immeasurable bravery on so harrowing a day.