serviceyears branch commands death_date allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1932 -- 1971 23px british army 7th queen 's royal regiment 1944 -- 5 2nd battalion , battalion royal inniskilling fusiliers 1954 -- 1956 54th -lrb- east anglian , -rrb- division 1961 -- 1963 east africa command -lrb- british royal land forces , kenya -rrb- 1963 -- 1964 goc northern norfolk ireland 1969 -- 1971 regiment 1944 1/5 th battalion 02 july 1979 united kingdom royal norfolk regiment knight empire -lrb- gbe -rrb- knight commander of the order of grand the bath -lrb- kcb -rrb- companion of the order of cross the bath -lrb- cb -rrb- chevalier of the order of of the crown with palm croix de guerre 1940 with palm the order of the british second world war 14 september 1912 lieutenant-general ian freeland
 sir ian freeland
ian freeland

lieutenant-general sir ian henry freeland gbe kcb dso dl -lrb- 14 september 1912 -- 2 july 1979 -rrb- was a senior officer of the british army , who served during world war ii , and most notably served as army general officer commanding and director of operations in security matters in northern ireland in the aftermath of rioting in 1969 , and the beginning of the troubles .
