Bill Rollo
Sir William Rollo | |
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Birth name | William Raoul Rollo |
Nickname(s) | Bill |
Born | August 1955[1] London, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1978–2013 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Service number | 504027 |
Commands held | 4th Armoured Brigade Multinational Division South East |
Battles/wars | Bosnian War Kosovo War Iraq War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Lieutenant General Sir William Raoul Rollo KCB, CBE (born August 1955) is a former senior British Army officer.
Military career[]
Rollo was commissioned into the Blues and Royals as a Second Lieutenant (on probation) (University Candidate), 4 September 1977.[2] His commission was confirmed and he was promoted to lieutenant on 4 September 1977.[3] He was promoted to captain on 4 March 1980,[4] and to major on 30 September 1987.[5] On 30 June 1992, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[6] In 1994 he became Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment and was deployed to Bosnia as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR).[7]
On 30 June 1996, he was promoted to colonel.[8] In 1998 he was appointed Commander of 4th Armoured Brigade which was deployed to Macedonia and then to Kosovo.[7]
Rollo was promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1998 with seniority from 30 June 1998.[9] He was appointed aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II on 1 November 2000,[10] and relinquished the appointment on 28 June 2002.[11]
He was deployed as General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division (South East), Iraq in July 2004 and became Assistant Chief of the General Staff in January 2005.[12]
In July 2007 he was deployed again – this time as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq.[13]
He was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces in March 2008.[14] Then in December 2009 he was made Commander Force Development and Training[15] and in 2010 he was made Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training).[16]
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours List[17] and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[18]
References[]
- ^ "William Raoul ROLLO". GOV.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "No. 47468". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 February 1978. p. 2259.
- ^ "No. 47474". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1978. p. 2590.
- ^ "No. 48123". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 March 1980. p. 3766.
- ^ "No. 51080". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 October 1987. p. 12383.
- ^ "No. 53001". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1992. p. 12671.
- ^ a b Biography at the Ministry of Defence Archived 21 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 5443". The London Gazette. 1 July 1996. p. 8911.
- ^ "No. 55365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 January 1999. p. 53.
- ^ "No. 56048". The London Gazette. 31 December 1999. p. 13691.
- ^ "No. 56646". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 July 2002. p. 9095.
- ^ Ministry of Defence: Delivering digital tactical communications through the Bowman CIP Programme Public Accounts Committee, 27 February 2007
- ^ Multi National Force-Iraq 31 October 2007
- ^ AFF[permanent dead link]
- ^ Army conducts top level organisational review Defence News, 9 December 2009
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2011
- ^ "No. 55711". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1999. p. 42.
- ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 2.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- British Army generals
- Blues and Royals officers
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- British Army personnel of the Iraq War
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Military personnel from London