Major-General Sir Roy Redgrave | |
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Born | Bucharest, Romania | 16 September 1925
Died | 3 July 2011 United Kingdom | (aged 85)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1943−1980 |
Rank | Major-General |
Service number | 330640 |
Unit | Royal Horse Guards |
Commands held |
Household Cavalry Regiment Royal Horse Guards British Forces in Berlin Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong |
Battles/wars |
World War II Cyprus Emergency |
Awards |
Knight 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. [1]
Educated at Lambrook preparatory school and Sherborne School, Redgrave joined the Royal Horse Guards as a trooper in 1943 during World War II. [2] In 1953 he managed the Hyde Park Horse Camp for the Coronation of the Queen. [3] Then in the late 1950s he was deployed to Cyprus at the height of the EOKA resistance campaign. [3]
He was made Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment in 1962 and of the Royal Horse Guards in 1964. [2] He became Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps Centre in 1974 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1975. [2] He went on to be Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1978 and retired in 1980. [2]
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 first cousin of the half blood of Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave. [3] He had two sons. [4] [1]
Major-General Sir Roy Redgrave | |
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Born | Bucharest, Romania | 16 September 1925
Died | 3 July 2011 United Kingdom | (aged 85)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1943−1980 |
Rank | Major-General |
Service number | 330640 |
Unit | Royal Horse Guards |
Commands held |
Household Cavalry Regiment Royal Horse Guards British Forces in Berlin Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong |
Battles/wars |
World War II Cyprus Emergency |
Awards |
Knight 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. [1]
Educated at Lambrook preparatory school and Sherborne School, Redgrave joined the Royal Horse Guards as a trooper in 1943 during World War II. [2] In 1953 he managed the Hyde Park Horse Camp for the Coronation of the Queen. [3] Then in the late 1950s he was deployed to Cyprus at the height of the EOKA resistance campaign. [3]
He was made Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment in 1962 and of the Royal Horse Guards in 1964. [2] He became Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps Centre in 1974 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1975. [2] He went on to be Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1978 and retired in 1980. [2]
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 first cousin of the half blood of Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave. [3] He had two sons. [4] [1]