Ian Freer (British Army officer)

Major-General Ian Lennox Freer CB CBE is a former British Army officer who commanded 5th Division.

Military career
Freer was commissioned into the Staffordshire Regiment in 1961. He was appointed Chief of British Mission to Soviet Forces in Europe in 1989 and then served as Commander Land Forces in Northern Ireland from 1991 to 1994 during the troubles. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 5th Division in 1995 before he retired in 1996.

In retirement he settled in Melbourne and became chairman of Ocean Software.