Robin Ross
Sir Robin Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 1939 |
| 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 President 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
- ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ a b iSolon
- ^ Operation Safe Haven: Northern Iraq 1991
- ^ HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO
- ^ "Church News". berwickstjohn.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012 – via Internet Archive.
- 1939 births
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Living people
- Officers of the Legion of Merit
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
- Recipients of the Decoration of Merit
- Royal Marines generals
- Royal Navy personnel of the Gulf War