Barry Lane (British Army officer)

Major-General Barry Michael Lane CB OBE (born 10 August 1932) is a former British Army officer.

Barry Lane
Born10 August 1932
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held1st Battalion The Light Infantry
11th Armoured Brigade
South West District
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Educated at Dover College, Lane was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1954.[1] He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion The Light Infantry in 1972.[1] He went on to be commander 11th Armoured Brigade in 1977, Deputy Director, Army Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence in 1980 and Director, Army Quartering at the Ministry of Defence in 1981.[1] After that he became Vice Quartermaster-General in 1982 and General Officer Commanding South West District in 1984 before retiring in 1987.[2]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1984 New Year Honours.[3]

After retirement from the army he became Chief Executive of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.[1]

In 1956 he married Eveline Jean Koelle; they had one son and one daughter.[1] After the death of his first wife, he married Shirley Ann Hawtin.[1]

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gollark: I don't see why that's unxpected?
gollark: I have a library for it, but it is *not* reliable and is quite tightly coupled to potatOS at this point.
gollark: What potatOS does to emulate that sort of read-only-ness is meddle a lot with the `fs` API.
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References
  1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. "No. 49583". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1983. p. 3.
Military offices
Preceded by
Michael Gray		 General Officer Commanding South West District
1984–1987		 Succeeded by
Tony Jeapes
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