Ian Gordon Gill

Ian Gill
Born (1919-11-09)9 November 1919
Rochester, Kent, England
Died 23 November 2006(2006-11-23) (aged 87)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1938–1972
Rank Major General
Service number 79107
Unit 4th/7th Dragoon Guards
Commands held 7th Armoured Brigade
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
Battles/wars World War II
Palestine Emergency
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross & Bar
Mentioned in despatches (2)

Major General Ian Gordon Gill, CB, OBE, MC & Bar (9 November 1919 – 23 November 2006) was a British Army officer who fought with distinction during the Second World War, later serving as Assistant Chief of the General Staff from 1970 to 1972.

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 in the Normandy landings and then in North West Europe.[1] After the war he served in Palestine during the Palestine Emergency 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 the 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 lived at Thorney in Cambridgeshire and became Director of the Thorney Abbey Restoration Fund.[1]

Family

In 1963 he married Elizabeth Vivian (Sally) Rohr, a consultant neurologist; they had no children.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Obituary: Major-General Ian Gill The Times, 23 November 2006
  2. ↑ Obituary: Major-General Ian Gill Daily Telegraph, 14 December 2006
Military offices
Preceded by
William Jackson		 Assistant Chief of the General Staff
1970–1972		 Succeeded by
Frank Caldwell
Honorary titles
Preceded by
James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid		 Colonel of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
1973–1979		 Succeeded by
Sir Rollo Pain
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