Lieutenant General Sir William Raoul Rollo, KCB, CBE (born August 1955) is a former senior British Army officer.
Sir William 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 | Force Development and Training Multinational Division South East 4th Armoured Brigade Household Cavalry Regiment |
| 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 |
Military career
editRollo was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve on 10 March 1977.[2] He was then granted a short service commission, as a University Candidate, in the Blues and Royals on 4 September that year.[3] His commission was subsequently confirmed and he was promoted to lieutenant, with seniority from 4 September 1975.[4] He was promoted to captain on 4 March 1980,[5] and to major on 30 September 1987.[6] On 30 June 1992, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[7] In 1994 he became Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment and was deployed to Bosnia as part of the United Nations Protection Force.[8]
Rollo was promoted to colonel on 30 June 1996.[9] In 1998 he was appointed commander of the 4th Armoured Brigade, which was deployed to Macedonia and then to Kosovo.[8]
Rollo was promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1998, with seniority from 30 June.[10] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 New Year Honours,[11] and made aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II on 1 November 2000,[12] relinquishing the appointment on 28 June 2002.[13]
Rollo 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.[14] In July 2007 he was deployed again – this time as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq.[15]
Rollo was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces in March 2008.[16] Then, in December 2009, he was made Commander Force Development and Training,[17] and in 2010 he was made Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training).[18] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2010 New Year Honours.[19]
Between 2013 and 2023 Rollo was vice-chairman of the Commonwealth of Nations Graves Commission.[20]
In 2023, Rollo was made chair of trustees for The Tank Museum.[21]
References
edit- ^ "William Raoul ROLLO". GOV.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "No. 47205". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 April 1977. p. 5625.
- ^ "No. 47468". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 February 1978. p. 2259.
- ^ "No. 47474". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1978. p. 2580.
- ^ "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. 55711". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1999. p. 42.
- ^ "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 Archived 26 October 2012 at the UK Government Web Archive Defence News, 9 December 2009
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2011
- ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 2.
- ^ CWGC. "Thank you and goodbye to Sir Bill Rollo". CWGC. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "William Raoul ROLLO personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2023.