Geoffrey Baker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Geoffrey Baker

Army officer

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1912

Place of Birth: Murree, Punjab, Pakistan

Date of Death: 08-May-1980

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Harding Baker, (20 June 1912 – 8 May 1980) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1968 to 1971.
He served in the Second World War and became Director of Operations and Chief of Staff for the campaign against EOKA in Cyprus during the Cyprus Emergency and later in his career provided advice to the British Government on the deployment of troops to Northern Ireland at the start of the Troubles.