Major General Jeremy Julian Joseph Phipps, (30 June 1942 – 16 March 2021) was a

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officer who served as Senior British Loan Services Officer in

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from 1993 to 1997.

Early life

Phipps was the son of a

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officer, Lieutenant Alan Phipps (1915–1943), who was killed ashore at the

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. Phipps' father was one of the sons of Sir Eric Phipps, a British diplomat descended from the first

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. Phipps' mother, Veronica Nell (née Fraser; 1920–2005) was a

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, and the daughter of

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. In 1946, she married secondly Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean, who raised Phipps, who was educated at

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and the

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Military career

Phipps was commissioned into the

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in 1960.Jeremy Phipps
BBC News He was serving in the

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during the

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in 1980, and was subsequently given command of the Queen's Own Hussars. He was appointed commander of the 11th Armoured Brigade in 1986,

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in 1989 and Senior British Loan Services Officer in

in 1993, before retiring in 1997. In retirement Phipps became a Director at Control Risks Group and, from 2002, head of security at the

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. He then was hired by

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Death

Phipps died on 16 March 2021 at the age of 78. A memorial

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was held for him on 30 September 2021 at the

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in London.

References

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