Battles/wars Second World War Battles and wars World War II Service/branch British Army | Died 15 October 1998 Rank Major-general Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held 1st Bn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
11th Infantry Brigade Group Awards Order of the Bath, Military Cross | ||
Major-General Roger Ellis Tudor St. John CB, MC (4 October 1911 - 15 October 1998) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, St. John was commissioned into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 27 August 1931. He served in the Second World War as Brigade Major for the 11th Armoured Division and, after the war, went on to become commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in 1953 and commander of 11th Infantry Brigade Group in 1957.
He became colonel of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in October 1965.
References
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