About Ian Gordon Gill
Lived 1919 – 2006 (aged 87). Ian Gordon Gill was a British military personnel.
Major-General Ian Gordon Gill, (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.
After the war he served in Palestine during the Palestine Emergency and in 1957 became Commanding Officer of 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
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Who was Ian Gordon Gill?
British Army officer (1919-2006)
When was Ian Gordon Gill born?
Ian Gordon Gill was born on 9 November 1919 in Rochester.
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Ian Gordon Gill died on 23 November 2006.
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Ian Gordon Gill was a military personnel.
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Ian Gordon Gill was British.
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· DBpedia: Ian Gill (British Army officer)
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