Major General
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Francis David Rome, (1905–1985) was a senior officer in the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
who served as
Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1956 to 1959.
Military career
Rome was
commissioned into the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
in 1925.
[Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]
/ref> He transferred to the Royal Fusiliers
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881.
The regiment served in many wars ...
in 1927.[ He served in the ]Second World War
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, latterly as commander of 111th Indian Infantry Brigade.[ After the war he became commander of 3rd Parachute Brigade in ]Palestine
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from 1946 and then commander of 1st Parachute Brigade
The 1st Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces brigade formed by the British Army during the Second World War. As its name indicates, the unit was the first parachute infantry brigade formation in the British Army.
Formed from three parachute ...
in Palestine from 1947.[ He was appointed Assistant Commandant at the School of Land/Air Warfare in 1948 and Deputy Adjutant General at ]Far East Land Forces
The Far East Command was a British military command which had 2 distinct periods. These were firstly, 18 November 1940 – 7 January 1942 succeeded by the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command ( ABDACOM), and secondly, 1963–1971 succeeded ...
in 1950.[ He was then made General Officer Commanding ]16th Airborne Division
The 16th Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Territorial Army. It was first commanded by Major-General Roy Urquhart, and had its divisional headquarters in London.
It was raised in 1947, to compensate for the los ...
in 1953 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1956; he retired in 1959.[ He also served as colonel of the ]Royal Fusiliers
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881.
The regiment served in many wars ...
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Family
In 1936 Rome married Sybil Parry Carden.The Peerage.com
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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 brigadiers of World War II