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.
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) |
Military career
editEducated 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
editUpon 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
editIn 1965 Ross married Sara Curtis; they have one son and one daughter.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.