Ian Gordon Gill
Ian Gill | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 November 1919 Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Died | 23 November 2006 (aged 87) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1938 - 1972 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 7th Armoured Brigade |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross & Bar |
Major-General Ian Gordon Gill CB OBE MC & Bar (9 November 1919 – 23 November 2006) was a British Army officer who became Assistant Chief of the General Staff.
Military career
Educated at Repton School, Gill was commissioned into the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in 1938 and fought in World War II at the Dunkirk evacuation and at the Normandy landings and then in North West Europe.[1] After the War he served in Palestine and in 1957 became Commanding Officer of 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.[1] He was made commander of Victory College at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1961 and commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1964.[1] He went on to be Deputy Military Secretary in 1966, Head of the British Defence Liaison Staff in Canberra in 1968 and Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1970 before retiring in 1972.[1]
In retirement he became Director of the Thorney Abbey Restoration Fund and lived at Thorney near Ely in Cambridgeshire.[1]
Family
In 1963 he married Dr Elizabeth Vivian (Sally) Rohr, a consultant neurologist; they had no children.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Obituary: Major-General Ian Gill The Times, 23 November 2006
- ^ Obituary: Major-General Ian Gill Daily Telegraph, 14 December 2006
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1919 births
- 2006 deaths
- British Army generals
- 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards officers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- People educated at Repton School
- Academics of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst