Robin Ross
Sir Robin Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 1939 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Marines |
| Years of service | 1957–1996 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Commandant General Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade 40 Commando |
| Battles/wars | Gulf War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
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[2] in which capacity he led an Anglo-Dutch Force which took part in a humanitarian operation to protect the Kurdish people in Northern Iraq in 1991,[3][4] before becoming Commandant General Royal Marines in 1994. He retired in 1996.[1]
Upon retirement he 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 Baptish Church at Berwick St John in Wiltshire.[6]
Family
In 1965 he married Sara Curtis; they had 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 Berwick St John