Richard Ford (Royal Marines officer)
Sir Richard Ford | |
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Birth name | Richard Vernon Tredinnick Ford |
Born | 18 February 1878 Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Military career
Born on 18 February 1878, Ford was commissioned into the
In January 1928 Ford, by then a colonel, was made a companion of the Order of the Bath,[6] and was an aide-de-camp to the King from 1929 to 1930.[7] Appointed Adjutant-General Royal Marines in June 1930, then the highest appointment within the Royal Marines, he was elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in January 1933.[8] He retired in October 1933 with the rank of General.[9]
Personal life
Ford was twice married. In 1903, he married Diana Pollard, daughter of Rear-Admiral George Northmore Arthur Pollard. After her death in 1911, he was married in 1913 to Mildred Powell Underwood, daughter of Capt. Powell Cecil Underwood, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.[1]
He died in Folkestone on 12 April 1949, aged 71.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Obituary: General Sir Richard Ford". The Times. 14 April 1949. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 26773". The London Gazette. 1 September 1896. p. 4931.
- ^ "No. 27520". The London Gazette. 30 January 1903. p. 602.
- ^ "Royal Navy Medals". Naval History. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "No. 13501". The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 September 1919. p. 3092
- ^ "No. 14450". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 June 1928. p. 655
- ISBN 0-7136-2131-1.
- ^ "No. 14928". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 January 1933. p. 9
- ^ "No. 33983". The London Gazette. 3 October 1933. p. 6355.