词条 | Iain Mackay-Dick |
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| name = Sir Iain Mackay-Dick | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|8|24|df=y}} | death_date = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial = | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = 1965–97 | rank = Major General | unit = | commands = London District Household Division 1st Armoured Division | battles = Operation Banner Falklands War | awards = Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Member of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | laterwork = }} Major General Sir Iain Charles Mackay-Dick, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCVO|MBE}} (born 24 August 1945) Is a retired British Army officer. He was the Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District. Military careerEducated at St Edmund's School, Hindhead,[1] then at Sherborne School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Mackay-Dick was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1965.[2] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his service in Northern Ireland in 1981.[3] He took part in the Falklands War leading the landing of 600 Scots Guards and others at Fitzroy on East Falkland.[4] In 1986 he was appointed Commandant of the Junior Division Staff College at Warminster and in 1989 he became Commander of 11th Armoured Brigade.[2] He was made Deputy Military Secretary at the Ministry of Defence in 1991 and General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division in 1992.[2] He went on to be Commander of British Forces in the Falkland Islands in 1993 and Major-General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District in 1994.[2] He retired in 1997.[2] In retirement he became Clerk to the Trustees and Chief Executive of Morden College.[2] FamilyIn 1971 he married Carolynn Hilary Homes and they went on to have three daughters.[2] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.saintedmunds.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?newsID=245|title=OSE Reunion|publisher=St Edmund's School|accessdate=12 February 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Rupert Smith}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC 1st Armoured Division|years=1992–1993}}{{s-aft|after={{nowrap|Anthony Denison-Smith}}}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Biography of Major General Sir Iain Mackay-Dick KCVO MBE Buckingham Covers 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=48822|supp=y|page=15923|date=14 December 1981}} 4. ^Fear of massacre of Falklands civilians Merco Press, 19 November 2003 |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Robert Corbett}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC London District|years=1994–1997}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mackay-Dick, Iain}} 10 : 1945 births|Living people|People educated at Sherborne School|Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|British Army personnel of the Falklands War|Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|Members of the Order of the British Empire|Scots Guards officers|British Army generals|British military personnel of the Troubles |
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