Died 1985 Rank Major-General Years of service 1925 - 1959 | Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom Name Francis Rome | |
Commands held 111th Indian Infantry Brigade
3rd Parachute Brigade
1st Parachute Brigade
16th Airborne Division
British Forces in Berlin | ||
Major-General Francis David Rome (1905–1985) was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.
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Military career
Rome was commissioned into the British Army in 1925. He transferred to the Royal Fusiliers in 1927. He served in World War II latterly as Commander of 111th Indian Infantry Brigade. After the War he became Commander of 3rd Parachute Brigade in Palestine from 1946 and then Commander of 1st Parachute Brigade in Palestine from 1947. He was appointed Assistant Commandant at the School of Land/Air Warfare in 1948 and Deputy Adjutant General at Far East Land Forces in 1950. He was then made General Officer Commanding 16th Airborne Division in 1953 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1956; he retired in 1959. He also served as colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.
Family
In 1936 he married Sybil Parry Carden.