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词条 Francis Rome
释义

  1. Military career

  2. Family

  3. References

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Major-General Francis David Rome {{postnominals|country=GBR|CB|CMG|CBE|DSO}} (1905–1985) was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.

Military career

Rome 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]

Family

In 1936 he married Sybil Parry Carden.[3]

References

1. ^Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
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
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