Major-General (Norman) Hamish Rollo

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(21 May 1955 – 26 March 2009) was a

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officer who became General Officer Commanding, Theatre Troops.

Military career

Educated at

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and the

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, Rollo was commissioned into the

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in 1973. He served in the

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in 1990 before becoming commanding officer of 22 Engineer Regiment in January 1995 in which role he was deployed to

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with

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. He became commander of 19th Mechanized Brigade in April 2000, commander of the Multi-National Brigade (Centre) in Kosovo in 2001 and Assistant Chief of Staff Crisis and Deliberate Planning at

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in Northwood in December 2001. He went on to be Assistant Commandant (Land) at the

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in November 2003 and General Officer Commanding, Theatre Troops in November 2006. In 2006 he was given the colonelcy of the

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. He died of natural causes on 26 March 2009 and was buried at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rollo, Hamish British Army major generals People educated at Radley College Royal Engineers officers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1955 births 2009 deaths