Roland Guy

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". General Sir Roland Kelvin Guy, Template:Postnominals (25 June 1928 – 13 December 2005) was a senior British Army officer who was Adjutant-General to the Forces.

Military career

Born in Srinagar, Kashmir,[1] and educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Roland Guy was commissioned into the Kings Royal Rifle Corps (the 60th) in 1948.[2] He served as an adjutant with the Kenya Regiment during the Mau Mau Uprising.[1] He was adjutant of the 2nd Green Jackets (KRRC) during the confrontation with Indonesia.[1] He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets in 1969.[3] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for service in Northern Ireland in 1972.[4] In 1972 he became Commander of 24 Airportable Brigade.[3]

He was Chief of Staff, HQ BAOR from 1978[3] to 1980 when he became Military Secretary.[5] He was Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1984[6] to 1986.[7]

He was also appointed ADC General to the Queen in 1984.[8]

Guy was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1955,[9] a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1978,[10] a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1981,[11] and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1987.[12]

Retirement

He was a Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1987[13] to 1993,[14] and Chairman of the Army Benevolent Fund also from 1987 to 1993.[3]

Family

In 1957 he married Deirdre Graves-Morris and they went on to have two daughters.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ a b c Obituary: General Sir Roland GuyScript error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore The Times, 14 December 2005
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Military offices
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Honorary titles
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