| 词条 | Rollo Pain |
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| name =Sir Rollo Pain | image = | caption = | birth_date =11 May 1921 | death_date =14 April 2005 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{UK}} | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1943–1978 | rank =Lieutenant-General | unit = | commands =4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 5th Infantry Brigade 2nd Division | battles =World War II Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | awards =Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Military Cross | relations = | laterwork = }} Lieutenant-General Sir (Horace) Rollo (Squarey) Pain {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|MC}} (11 May 1921 – 14 April 2005) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division. Military careerEducated at Clifton College,[1] Pain was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1943 during World War II and served in North West Europe.[2] He was awarded the MC for his leadership during fighting for control of the village of Stemmen in Germany.[2] After the War he saw active service in Palestine for which he was mentioned in dispatches.[2] In 1962 he became Commanding Officer of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.[2] He was appointed Commander of 5th Infantry Brigade in North Borneo in 1965, Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations at the Ministry of Defence in 1969 and General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1970.[3] He went on to be Director of Military Training in 1972 and Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. in 1975 before retiring in 1978.[2] He was given the colonelcy of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards from 1979 to 1983.[4] FamilyIn 1950 he married Denys Chaine-Nickson; they had a son and two daughters.[2] References1. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1490122/Lieutenant-General-Sir-Rollo-Pain.html Lieutenant-General Sir Rollo Pain] The Telegraph, 17 May 2005 {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Chandos Blair}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division|years=1970–1972}}{{s-aft|after=John Archer}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Lieutenant-General Sir Rollo Pain The Times, 27 April 2005 3. ^Army Commands {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/DG4-7rdg.htm |title=4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=5 August 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416135132/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/DG4-7rdg.htm |archivedate=16 April 2007 |df=dmy }} |-{{s-bef | before = Sir Ian Easton}}{{s-ttl | title = Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. | years =1975–1978}}{{s-aft | after =Sir Roy Austen-Smith}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pain, Rollo}} 9 : 1921 births|2005 deaths|British Army generals|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Recipients of the Military Cross|4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards officers|People educated at Clifton College|British Army personnel of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation|British Army personnel of World War II |
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