Roy Redgrave (British Army officer)

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Sir Roy Redgrave
Born(1925-09-16)16 September 1925
Died3 July 2011(2011-07-03) (aged 85)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldHousehold Cavalry Regiment
Royal Horse Guards
British Forces in Berlin
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
Battles/warsCyprus Emergency
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Major-General Sir Roy Michael Frederick Redgrave, KBE MC (16 September 1925 – 3 July 2011) was Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong.

Military career

Educated at Lambrook preparatory school and Sherborne School, Redgrave joined Royal Horse Guards as a trooper in 1943.[1] In 1953 he managed the Hyde Park Horse Camp for the Coronation of the Queen.[2] Then in the late 1950s he was deployed to Cyprus at the height of the EOKA resistance campaign.[2]

He was made Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment in 1962 and of the Royal Horse Guards in 1964.[1] He became Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps Centre in 1974 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1975.[1] He went on to be Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1978 and retired in 1980.[1]

He was related to the Redgrave family of actors, via his father Robin Roy Redgrave, who was the patriarch Roy Redgrave's son by his first wife. Thus he was a nephew of Sir Michael Redgrave and a half-blood first cousin of Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave.[2] He had two sons.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Debrett's People of Today 1994
  2. ^ a b c Full marks for originality The Spectator, 3 February 2001
  3. ^ Obituary: Sir Roy Redgrave The Times, 6 July 2011
  4. ^ "Obituary of Sir Roy Redgrave". London: The Daily Telegraph. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

Publications

  • Balkan Blue by Major General Sir Roy Redgrave KBE MC, published by Pen & Sword, London 2000
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant, British Sector in Berlin
1975–1978 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
1978–1980 		Succeeded by
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