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[[Lieutenant General]] '''Sir Robert Grice Sturges''' [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (1891–1970) was an officer in the [[Royal Marines]].
[[Lieutenant-General]] '''Sir Robert Grice Sturges''' [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (1891–1970) was an officer in the [[Royal Marines]].


==Military career==
==Military career==
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Between the wars, he was promoted to major on 17 June 1929 and to lieutenant-colonel on 1 April 1936.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33520/pages/4926 London Gazette, 26 July 1929]</ref><ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34273/pages/2385 London Gazette, 10 April 1936]</ref> He was brevetted [[colonel]] and promoted to colonel on 3 April 1939 (seniority 31 December 1938).<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34614/supplements/2344 London Gazette, 7 April 1939]</ref>
Between the wars, he was promoted to major on 17 June 1929 and to lieutenant-colonel on 1 April 1936.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33520/pages/4926 London Gazette, 26 July 1929]</ref><ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34273/pages/2385 London Gazette, 10 April 1936]</ref> He was brevetted [[colonel]] and promoted to colonel on 3 April 1939 (seniority 31 December 1938).<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34614/supplements/2344 London Gazette, 7 April 1939]</ref>


During [[World War II]] he became Commander of the British occupation of [[Iceland]] in 1940. He was promoted to acting [[colonel commandant]] and temporary [[brigadier]] on 4 June<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34958/pages/5785 London Gazette, 1 October 1940]</ref> and was mentioned in despatches in July.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34890/supplements/4152 London Gazette, 5 July 1940]</ref> He was Commander of the British occupation of [[Madagascar]] in 1942.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be Commander of the Special Service Group (Commandos) in 1943.<ref name=lh/> He was described as "intrepid in action, ruddy in countenance, and forcefully bucolic in language".<ref>Lockhart, p. 34.</ref> He retired in 1946.<ref name=lh/>
During [[World War II]] he was the commander of the British occupation of [[Iceland]] in May 1940. He was promoted to acting [[colonel commandant]] and temporary [[brigadier]] on 4 June<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34958/pages/5785 London Gazette, 1 October 1940]</ref> and was [[mentioned in despatches]] in July.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34890/supplements/4152 London Gazette, 5 July 1940]</ref> He was Commander of the British occupation of [[Madagascar]] in 1942.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be Commander of the Special Service Group (Commandos) in 1943.<ref name=lh/> He was described as "intrepid in action, ruddy in countenance, and forcefully bucolic in language".<ref>Lockhart, p. 34.</ref> He retired in 1946.<ref name=lh/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:54, 31 March 2013

Robert Grice Sturges
Sturges (right) with Belgian Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot in April, 1944.
Nickname(s)"Bob"
Born1891
Died1970
Exeter
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Marines
Years of service1912-1946
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsWorld War I

World War II

AwardsOrder of the British Empire
Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Grice Sturges KBE, CB, DSO (1891–1970) was an officer in the Royal Marines.

Military career

Sturges joined the Royal Navy in 1908.[1] Commissioned a sub-lieutenant on 15 May 1912,[2] he transferred to the Royal Marines as a lieutenant from the same date (confirmed on 19 December 1914)[1][3] He served in World War I, seeing action in the Gallipoli Campaign and the Battle of Jutland, receiving promotion to captain on 30 January 1917.[4][5] He was officially transferred to the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 30 January 1917.[6]

Between the wars, he was promoted to major on 17 June 1929 and to lieutenant-colonel on 1 April 1936.[7][8] He was brevetted colonel and promoted to colonel on 3 April 1939 (seniority 31 December 1938).[9]

During World War II he was the commander of the British occupation of Iceland in May 1940. He was promoted to acting colonel commandant and temporary brigadier on 4 June[10] and was mentioned in despatches in July.[11] He was Commander of the British occupation of Madagascar in 1942.[1] He went on to be Commander of the Special Service Group (Commandos) in 1943.[1] He was described as "intrepid in action, ruddy in countenance, and forcefully bucolic in language".[12] He retired in 1946.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. ^ London Gazette, 17 May 1912
  3. ^ London Gazette, 22 December 1914
  4. ^ Whitehead, p. 352.
  5. ^ London Gazette, 6 March 1917
  6. ^ London Gazette, 1 June 1920
  7. ^ London Gazette, 26 July 1929
  8. ^ London Gazette, 10 April 1936
  9. ^ London Gazette, 7 April 1939
  10. ^ London Gazette, 1 October 1940
  11. ^ London Gazette, 5 July 1940
  12. ^ Lockhart, p. 34.


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