"One Of India's Bravest": Brigadier Set For Promotion Among Crash Victims
NDTV
A second-generation Army officer, Brigadier Lidder had been on the staff of General Rawat for more than a year now as his defence assistant
Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder was set to be promoted as Major General, an Army officer and the Brigadier's neighbour said a day after his death in the chopper crash that also killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 11 others. We trained together at #NDA. We fought terrorists together in #Kashmir. In the loss of Brig LS Lidder, SM, VSM today, India has lost one of its brightest & bravest officers & I have lost a friend. A decorated soldier, caring husband & doting father, you will be missed, Tony. pic.twitter.com/4cIV5WEtVr
A second-generation Army officer, Brigadier Lidder had his roots in Haryana's Panchkula. He had been on the staff of General Rawat for more than a year now as his defence assistant. He had been cleared for promotion to the post of Major General and was to leave General Rawat's staff soon to take charge as a division officer.
Commissioned into the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, he had earlier commanded the Second Battalion of the regiment. Brigadier Lidder had served as India's defence attache to Kazakhstan and was considered a counterterrorism specialist.
He was a recipient of Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal.
