Robin Ross
Sir Robin Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 1939 |
| Died | 29 July 2025 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Marines |
| Years of service | 1957–1996 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Commandant General Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade 40 Commando |
| Battles / wars | Operation Safe Haven |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) Decoration of Merit (Netherlands) |
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Jeremy Ross, KCB, OBE (28 November 1939 – 29 July 2025) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1994 to 1996.
Military career
Educated at Wellington College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Ross joined the Royal Marines in 1957.[1] He became Commanding Officer of 40 Commando in 1979, commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1986 and Commander, Training and Reserves in 1988.[2] He was appointed Commander, Commando Forces in 1990 and led an Anglo-Dutch force that took part in Operation Safe Haven, a humanitarian operation to protect the Kurdish people in Northern Iraq in 1991.[2][3][4] He became Commandant General Royal Marines in 1994 and retired in 1996.[1]
Personal life and death
In 1965 Ross married Sara Curtis; they had one son and one daughter.[1]
Upon retirement Ross became Chairman of SSAFA Forces Help,[5] a member of the International Investment Council of South Africa[3] and a churchwarden of St John the Baptist Church at Berwick St John in Wiltshire.[6]
Ross died from complications of Parkinson's disease on 29 July 2025, at the age of 85.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ a b "Directors". Isolon Limited. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014.
- ^ Operation Safe Haven: Northern Iraq 1991
- ^ "SSAFA at Crufts 2006". Our Dogs. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Church News". berwickstjohn.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Globe & Laurel Magazine [@GlobenLaurel] (29 July 2025). "It is with great sadness that we report the death of Lt Gen Sir Robin Ross KCB OBE RM, former Commandant General Royal Marines. Our thoughts are with Sir Robin's family and friends at this sad time" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 July 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Lt-Gen Sir Robin Ross, dynamic Royal Marine who led the British humanitarian effort after the first Gulf War". The Telegraph. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Lt General Sir Robin Ross obituary: Royal Marines commander in Iraq". The Times. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.