Major-General Roland Le Fanu DSO, MC (13 May 1888 – 2 January 1957) was a senior British Army officer.
Roland Le Fanu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1888 |
| Died | 2 January 1957 (aged 68) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy British Army |
| Years of service | 1908–1940 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Royal Irish Fusiliers Leicestershire Regiment |
| Commands | 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division |
| Battles / wars | First World War Waziristan campaign Second World War |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Military career
editLe Fanu, after being educated in Germany and briefly serving in the Royal Navy, and later transferring to the Royal Irish Fusiliers of the British Army, was commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment in 1908.[1][2] Like many of his contemporaries, he saw service during the First World War, for which he was awarded both the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order.[3]
After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1925 to 1926, alongside Walter Oxley, Raymond Briggs, Francis Tuker, Frank Messervy, Ronald Scobie, John Swayne and the Australian Sydney Rowell, who were among his classmates,[2] he became a staff officer at the War Office in March 1931, and from 1931 to 1932 attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[2] He was then deployed to the Rawalpindi District in India in December 1935.[4] He was appointed a companion of the Distinguished Service Order for his service during the Waziristan campaign.[5] He went on to become General Officer Commanding 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division in August 1939 at the start of the Second World War before retiring in October 1940.[4]
His son, Sir Victor de Fanu, served as Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons in the 1980s.[6]
References
edit- ^ "No. 28191". The London Gazette. 3 November 1908. p. 7916.
- ^ a b c Smart 2005, p. 186.
- ^ "Major-General Roland Le Fanu". Le Fanu Biographies. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Roland Le Fanu". Generals.dk. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 34542". The London Gazette. 16 August 1938. p. 5286.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Victor Le Fanu". The Independent. London. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
Bibliography
edit- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.