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Sir Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker KCB

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(6 May 1939 – 17 March 2005) was a

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Military career

Educated at

Sherborne School (God and My Right) , established = 705 by Aldhelm, re-founded by King Edward VI 1550 , closed = , type = Public school Independent, boarding school , religion = Church of England , president = , chair_label = Chairman of the governors ...

, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Blacker was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1959.Obituary: General Sir Jeremy Blacker
The Times, 22 March 2005 He was deployed to

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in 1974 at the height of

the Troubles The Troubles ( ga, Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an " ...

. In 1979 he was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Royal Tank Regiment and in 1981 he became Director of Studies at the

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. In 1982 he was appointed Commander of 11th Armoured Brigade in

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and then in 1985 he became Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of Defence Staff. In 1987 he returned to the Royal Military College of Science as

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and in 1989 he became Assistant Chief of Defence Staff. In 1991 he was appointed

; in this role he managed the introduction of the

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self-propelled gun. He retired in 1995. He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, of the Royal Tank Regiment and of the

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Family

In 1973 he married Julia Mary Trew and together they went on to have two daughters. His aunt was the painter, Elva Blacker.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Blacker, Jeremy 1939 births 2005 deaths Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst British Army generals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Royal Tank Regiment officers People educated at Sherborne School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)