Roy Redgrave (British Army officer)
Sir Roy Redgrave | |
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross |
Military career
Educated at
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
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
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
- ^ a b "Obituary of Sir Roy Redgrave". The Daily Telegraph. London. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ a b c Full marks for originality. The Spectator, 3 February 2001
- ^ Major General Sir Roy Redgrave. The Times, 6 July 2011
Publications
- 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