Ian Freer (British Army officer)
Ian Freer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 May 1941 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1996 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Service number | 468998 |
| Commands held | 5th Infantry Division Wales and Western District |
| Battles/wars | Operation Banner |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Major General Ian Lennox Freer, CB, CBE (born 18 May 1941)[1] is a retired British Army officer who commanded the 5th Division from 1995 to 1996.
Military career[edit]
Freer was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[1] He was commissioned into the Staffordshire Regiment in 1961.[2] He was appointed Chief of British Mission to Soviet Forces in Europe in 1989 and then served as Commander Land Forces in Northern Ireland from 1991 to 1994 during The Troubles.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Wales and Western District in 1994 and General Officer Commanding 5th Division in 1995 before retiring in 1996.[4]
Freer was appointed colonel of the Staffordshire Regiment from 1990 to 1995.[5]
On his retirement in 1996 Freer settled in Melbourne, Australia, and became chairman of Ocean Software.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b FREER, Maj. Gen. Ian Lennox, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)
- ^ "No. 42480". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 October 1961. p. 7196.
- ^ Michael Evans, Security squads join forces, The Times, 1 July 1992
- ^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Ocean Software: Leadership team". Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- 1941 births
- Living people
- People educated at George Watson's College
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- British Army major generals
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Staffordshire Regiment officers
- British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)