Question: Facts:   - battles: operation banner    - commands: queen 's own hussars 11th armoured brigade      - serviceyears: 1960 - 1997    - birth date: 1942    - name: jeremy phipps    - branch: 23px british army    - rank: major-general   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jeremy phipps .
Answer:
major-general jeremy joseph julian phipps cb -lrb- born 1942 -rrb- is a former british army officer who became senior british loan services officer in oman .