Richard Byron, 12th Baron Byron

[2] Byron was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bombay, Sir George Lloyd, from 1921 to September 1923.

[3] On 1 March 1929, Byron was seconded to the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, a Territorial Army regiment, as its adjutant with the temporary rank of captain.

[4] He was promoted to the substantive rank of captain in the Regular Army on 25 March 1933,[5] and vacated his appointment as adjutant in the yeomanry on 14 November.

[6] Byron served as Military Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand, the Viscount Galway, from December 1937 to October 1939.

As a temporary lieutenant-colonel, Byron was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in August 1944, for heroism during Operation Overlord.