Ian Freer (British Army officer)

Major-General Ian Lennox Freer CB CBE (born (1941-05-18)18 May 1941[1]) is a former British Army officer who commanded 5th Division.

Ian Freer
Born18 May 1941 (1941-05-18) (age 79)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldWales and Western District
5th Infantry Division
Battles/warsOperation Banner
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Freer was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, then attended 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]

He was also given the colonelcy of the Staffordshire Regiment from 1990 to 1995.[5]

On his retirement in 1996 he settled in Melbourne, Australia, and became chairman of Ocean Software.[6]

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References
  1. FREER, Maj. Gen. Ian Lennox, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)
  2. "No. 42480". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 October 1961. p. 7196.
  3. Michael Evans, Security squads join forces, The Times, 1 July 1992
  4. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  6. Ocean Software: Leadership team
Military offices
Preceded by
Michael Regan		 General Officer Commanding Wales and Western District
1994–1995		 Succeeded by
Post disbanded
Preceded by
Division Reformed
(Post last held by Mervyn Janes)		 General Officer Commanding the 5th Division
1995–1996		 Succeeded by
Robin Searby
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