Ian Baker (British Army officer)

Major-General Ian Helstrip Baker CBE (26 November 1927 – 28 July 2005) was a British Army officer who became Assistant Chief of the General Staff.

Ian Baker
Born	26 November 1927
Died	28 July 2005
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1948-1982
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	1st Royal Tank Regiment 7th Armoured Brigade North East District
Battles/wars	Malayan Emergency
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Educated at St Peter's School, York, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford,[1] Baker was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1948.[2] He served in Malaya from 1960 to 1962 during the Malayan Emergency.[2] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Royal Tank Regiment in 1967, Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1972 and Assistant Chief of the General Staff[3] in 1978.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding North East District in 1980 before retiring in 1982.[1] He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment from 1981 to 1986.[2]

In retirement he became Secretary and Head of Administration at University College London.[1]

Family

In 1956 he married Susan (Sally) Lock; they had two sons and a daughter.[1]

References

1. Obituary: Major General Ian Baker The Times, 4 August 2005
2. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
3. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine