Years of service 1948-1982 Battles/wars Malayan Emergency Service/branch British Army | Name Ian Baker Rank Major-general Role British Army officer Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held 1st Royal Tank Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade Died July 28, 2005, Hampshire, United Kingdom Awards Order of the British Empire | ||
Battles and wars Malayan Emergency | ||
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.
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Military career
Educated at St Peter's School, York, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Baker was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1948. He served in Malaya from 1960 to 1962 during the Malayan Emergency. 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 in 1978. He went on to be General Officer Commanding North-East District in 1980 before retiring in 1982. He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment from 1981 to 1986.
In retirement he became Secretary and Head of Administration at University College London.
Family
In 1956 he married Susan (Sally) Lock; they had a son and a daughter.