Allegiance United Kingdom Years of service 1957–1996 | Rank Lieutenant-General Name Robin Ross | |
Born 28 November 1939 (age 84) ( 1939-11-28 ) Commands held 40 Commando3 Commando BrigadeRoyal Marines | ||
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Jeremy "Robin" Ross KCB OBE (born 28 November 1939) is a former Royal Marines officer who became Commandant General Royal Marines.
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Military career
Educated at Wellington College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Ross joined the Royal Marines in 1957. He became Commanding Officer of 40 Commando in 1979, Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1986 and Commander, Training and Reserves in 1988. He was appointed Commander, Commando Forces in 1990 in which capacity he led an Anglo-Dutch Force which took part in a humanitarian operation to protect the Kurdish people in Northern Iraq in 1991 before becoming Commandant General Royal Marines in 1994 and retiring in 1996.
Upon retirement he became President of SSAFA Forces Help, a member of the International Investment Council of South Africa and a Churchwarden of St John the Baptish Church at Berwick St John in Wiltshire.
Family
In 1965 he married Sara Curtis; they had one son and one daughter.