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Roy Redgrave (British Army officer)

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Major-General

Sir Roy Redgrave
Born(1925-09-16)16 September 1925
Bucharest, Romania
Died3 July 2011(2011-07-03) (aged 85)
United Kingdom
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1943−1980
RankMajor-General
Service number330640
UnitRoyal Horse Guards
CommandsHousehold Cavalry Regiment
Royal Horse Guards
British Forces in Berlin
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
Battles / warsWorld War II
Cyprus Emergency
AwardsKnight 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]

Military career

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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]

Family life

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Obituary of Sir Roy Redgrave". The Daily Telegraph. London. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Debrett's People of Today 1994
  3. ^ a b c Full marks for originality. The Spectator, 3 February 2001
  4. ^ Major General Sir Roy Redgrave. The Times, 6 July 2011

Publications

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  • Balkan Blue by Major General Sir Roy Redgrave KBE MC, published by Pen & Sword, London 2000
  • Adventures of Colonel Daffodil by Major General Sir Roy Redgrave KBE MC, published by Pen & Sword, London 2007
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant, British Sector in Berlin
1975–1978
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
1978–1980
Succeeded by