Sir

William Rollo
Nickname(s)Bill
BornAugust 1955[1]
London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1978–2013
RankLieutenant General
Service number504027
Commands heldForce Development and Training
Multinational Division South East
4th Armoured Brigade
Household Cavalry Regiment
Battles/warsBosnian War
Kosovo War
Iraq War
AwardsKnight 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 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

  1. ^ "William Raoul ROLLO". GOV.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ "No. 47205". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 April 1977. p. 5625.
  3. ^ "No. 47468". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 February 1978. p. 2259.
  4. ^ "No. 47474". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1978. p. 2580.
  5. ^ "No. 48123". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 March 1980. p. 3766.
  6. ^ "No. 51080". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 October 1987. p. 12383.
  7. ^ "No. 53001". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1992. p. 12671.
  8. ^ a b Biography at the Ministry of Defence Archived 21 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "No. 5443". The London Gazette. 1 July 1996. p. 8911.
  10. ^ "No. 55365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 January 1999. p. 53.
  11. ^ "No. 55711". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1999. p. 42.
  12. ^ "No. 56048". The London Gazette. 31 December 1999. p. 13691.
  13. ^ "No. 56646". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 July 2002. p. 9095.
  14. ^ Ministry of Defence: Delivering digital tactical communications through the Bowman CIP Programme Public Accounts Committee, 27 February 2007
  15. ^ Multi National Force-Iraq 31 October 2007
  16. ^ AFF[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ Army conducts top level organisational review Archived 26 October 2012 at the UK Government Web Archive Defence News, 9 December 2009
  18. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2011
  19. ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 2.
  20. ^ CWGC. "Thank you and goodbye to Sir Bill Rollo". CWGC. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  21. ^ "William Raoul ROLLO personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
Military offices Preceded byAndrew Stewart General Officer CommandingMulti-National Division (South East), Iraq July – November 2004 Succeeded byJonathon Riley Preceded byDavid Richards Assistant Chief of the General Staff 2005–2007 Succeeded bySimon Mayall Preceded byGraeme Lamb Senior British Military Representativeand Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq 2007–2008 Succeeded byJohn Cooper Preceded bySir Freddie Viggers Adjutant General 2008–2009 Succeeded byMark Mans New command Commander Force Development and Training 2009–2010 Succeeded byPaul Newton Preceded byPeter Wilkinson Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training) 2010–2013 Succeeded byAndrew Gregory
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