Robin Ross
Sir Robin Ross | |
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Born | (1939-11-28) 28 November 1939 (age 84) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Marines |
Years of service | 1957–1996 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | Commandant General Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade 40 Commando |
Battles/wars | Operation Safe Haven |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) Decoration of Merit (Netherlands) |
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Jeremy "Robin" Ross, KCB, OBE (born 28 November 1939) is a former Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1994 to 1996.
Military career
Educated at Wellington College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Ross joined the Royal Marines in 1957.[1] He became Commanding Officer of 40 Commando in 1979, commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1986 and Commander, Training and Reserves in 1988.[2] He was appointed Commander, Commando Forces in 1990 and led an Anglo-Dutch Force that took part in Operation Safe Haven, a humanitarian operation to protect the Kurdish people in Northern Iraq in 1991.[2][3][4] He became Commandant General Royal Marines in 1994, and retired in 1996.[1]
Later life
Upon retirement Ross became Chairman of SSAFA Forces Help,[5] a member of the International Investment Council of South Africa,[3] and a churchwarden of St John the Baptist Church at Berwick St John in Wiltshire.[6]
Family
In 1965 Ross married Sara Curtis; they have one son and one daughter.[1]
References
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by | Commandant General Royal Marines 1994–1996 | Succeeded by |
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- Sir Thomas Hunton
- Sir Dallas Brooks
- Sir Leslie Hollis
- Sir John Westall
- Sir Campbell Hardy
- Sir Ian Riches
- Sir Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor
- Sir Norman Tailyour
- Sir Peter Hellings
- Sir Ian Gourlay
- Sir Peter Whiteley
- Sir John Richards
- Sir Steuart Pringle
- Sir Michael Wilkins
- Sir Martin Garrod
- Sir Henry Beverley
- Sir Robin Ross
- David Pennefather
- Robert Fulton
- Robert Fry
- Tony Milton
- David Wilson
- James Dutton
- Garry Robison
- Andy Salmon
- Buster Howes
- Ed Davis
- Martin Smith
- Robert Magowan
- Charles Stickland
- Matthew Holmes
- Robert Magowan
- Gwyn Jenkins