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| name = Francis Rome | image = | caption = | birth_date =1905 | death_date =1985 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1925 - 1959 | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands =111th Indian Infantry Brigade 3rd Parachute Brigade 1st Parachute Brigade 16th Airborne Division British Forces in Berlin | battles =World War II | awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General Francis David Rome {{postnominals|country=GBR|CB|CMG|CBE|DSO}} (1905–1985) was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin. Military careerRome was commissioned into the British Army in 1925.[1] He transferred to the Royal Fusiliers in 1927.[1] He served in World War II latterly as Commander of 111th Indian Infantry Brigade.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] He also served as colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.[2] FamilyIn 1936 he married Sybil Parry Carden.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Geoffrey Bourne}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding 16th Airborne Division|years=1953–1956}}{{s-aft|after=Post Disbanded}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/fusilierscolonels.htm|title=Royal Fusiliers colonels|publisher=British Empire|accessdate=23 January 2016}} 3. ^The Peerage.com |-{{s-bef|before=Robert Cottrell-Hill}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant, British Sector in Berlin|years=1956–1959}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Rohan Delacombe}} |-{{succession box | title=Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers | before=James Harter | after=Sir Kenneth Darling | years=1954–1963}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rome, Francis}} 10 : 1905 births|1985 deaths|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|British Army generals|Royal Fusiliers officers|British military personnel of the Palestine Emergency|British Army personnel of World War II |
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