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词条 Iain Mackay-Dick
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  1. Military career

  2. Family

  3. References

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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 career

Educated 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]

Family

In 1971 he married Carolynn Hilary Homes and they went on to have three daughters.[2]

References

1. ^{{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}}
2. ^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
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