Michael Rose (General)

Lt. Gen. Michael Rose (left) with Chairman of the United Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Forces Gen. John M. Shalikashvili (1994)

Hugh Michael Rose , KCB , CBE , DSO , QGM , Deputy Lieutenant (born January 5, 1940 in British India ) is a former British officer in the British Army , who was in command of the United Nations Protection Force UNPROFOR during the Yugoslav Wars from 1994 to 1995 ( United Nations Protection Force ) in Bosnia and Herzegovina . Most recently he served as General between 1995 and 1997 as Adjutant-General to the Forces .

Life

Officer training and military uses

Hugh Michael Rose, stepson of the officer and writer John Masters , began studying at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford after attending the prestigious Cheltenham College , which he continued at the University of Paris , the Sorbonne . On March 17, 1959, he joined the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve ( TAVR ) as a corporal and was initially assigned to the Gloucestershire Regiment of the Line Infantry Regiment before joining the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) . After his promotion to first lieutenant of the reserve on December 18, 1960, he was assigned to the TAVR unit of the bar associations ( Inns of Court ) . On November 2, 1961, he switched to the RAFVR (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve) as a contract soldier with a commitment period of three years , but withdrew his commitment on October 11, 1963. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), he entered on 22 October 1964 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) as a professional soldier in the Guards Grenadier Regiment Coldstream Guards a. He was on the same day for Lieutenant (Lieutenant) promoted the previous promotion to lieutenant on 8 December 1961, together with the current promotion was backdated to first lieutenant on 8 June 1963rd

After various subsequent assignments, Rose was promoted to major on December 31, 1972 . After attending Staff College Camberley , he served as Chief of Staff (Brigade Major) of the 16th Parachute Brigade (16th Parachute Brigade) between 1973 and 1975 . He was then transferred to Northern Ireland to the Line Infantry Regiment Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and was mentioned in the war report for his services in the Northern Ireland conflict from May 1 to July 31, 1977 ( Mentioned in dispatches ) . After June 30, 1978 Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant Colonel) was promoted, he took between 1979 and 1982 the post of commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 22nd Regiment of the Special Air Service (SAS), the special unit of the British Army. For his further services during the Northern Ireland conflict in the period from May 1 to July 31, 1979, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on January 8, 1980 . As the commander of the 22nd SAS Regiment , he was instrumental in Operation Nimrod to end the hostage situation in the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 . Due to his services in the further course of the Northern Ireland conflict, he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM) on November 22, 1994 with effect from April 6, 1981 . During the Falklands War led (April 2 to 20 June 1982) he the local military operations of the Special Air Service and was followed on June 30, 1982 Colonel (Colonel) transported and again mentioned in the war report.

Bosnian War and promotion to general

Michael Rose was promoted to Brigadier General (Brigadier) on December 31, 1983 with effect from June 30, 1983 , and took over the post of commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade deployed in Northern Ireland between December 1983 and December 1985 . This was followed by posts in the staff service of the British Army between December 1985 and January 1987. For his services in the Northern Ireland conflict he was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on April 15, 1986 . Following his staff assignments, he acted between January 1987 and April 1988 as commander of the Infantry School (School of Infantry) and from 1988 to 1989 as Director of the Special Forces that had emerged from the Special Air Service .

After attending the Royal College of Defense Studies Michael Rose took over as Major General (Major-General) in October 1989 by Major General Murray Naylor the post of Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 2nd Infantry Division (2nd Infantry Division) and kept this up to His replacement by Major General Michael Walker in September 1991. At the same time, he succeeded Major General Naylor in personal union and commanding general of the North East District (General Officer Commanding, North East District) and exercised this function until the military district was dissolved in September 1991. In September 1991 he replaced Major General William Rous as commandant of Staff College Camberley and held this post until April 1993, when Major General Christopher Wallace succeeded him.

As early as March 1993, Michael Rose had taken over as the successor of Lieutenant General Michael Wilkes as Commander of the United Kingdom Field Army and remained in this position until his replacement by Lieutenant General Richard Swinburn in January 1994. There followed on 17 May 1993 with effect from 30 May 1993 was promoted to Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) . In addition, he was beaten on December 31, 1993 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". During the Bosnian War in the course of the Yugoslav Wars , between January 24, 1994 and January 23, 1995, he was the commander of the United Nations Protection Force ( UNPROFOR ) in Bosnia and Herzegovina . For his services there he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on May 5, 1995 .

Most recently, Michael Rose as a General in July 1995, again as a successor to General Michael Wilkes Adjutant General of the Army (Adjutant General to the Forces) and was as such until his retirement in June 1997, and its subsequent replacement by General Alexander Harley in Ministry of Defense responsible for developing personnel policy and providing support to the army. During this time he also acted as aide-de-camp of Queen Elizabeth II. On August 13, 1999, he took over from William Rous the post of honor as regimental colonel of the Coldstream Guards , which he held until his replacement by Lieutenant General James Bucknall in 2009. On August 5, 2003, he was also appointed Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Somerset County .

Web links

• SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860

Individual evidence

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4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 43489, HMSO, London, November 13, 1964, p. 9806 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 43634, HMSO, London, April 23, 1965, p. 4119 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
6. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 45867, HMSO, London, January 1, 1973, p. 92 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 47405, HMSO, London, December 12, 1977, p. 15576 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 47588, HMSO, London, July 11, 1978, p. 8325 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
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10. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 53855, HMSO, London, November 21, 1994, p. 16325 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
11. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 49055, HMSO, London, July 19, 1982, p. 9458 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
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13. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 49619, HMSO, London, January 16, 1984, p. 685 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
14. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 226
15. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 50487, HMSO, London, April 14, 1986, p. 5189 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
16. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 321
17. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 65
18. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 199
19. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 227
20. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 309
21. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 53317, HMSO, London, May 28, 1993, p. 9443 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
22. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
23. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 53527, HMSO, London, December 30, 1993, p. 2 ( PDF , accessed January 14, 2019, English).
24. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 54028, HMSO, London, May 5, 1995, p. 6612 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
25. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 8
26. ↑ London Gazette . No. 55609, HMSO, London, September 14, 1999, p. 9833 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).
27. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 57019, HMSO, London, November 11, 2003, p. 1 ( PDF , accessed January 15, 2019, English).

predecessor	Office	successor
Michael Wilkes	Adjutant-General to the Forces 1995-1997	Alexander Harley