Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Francis David Rome, (1905–1985) was a senior officer in the

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who served as Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1956 to 1959.

Military career

Rome was commissioned into the

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

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, latterly as commander of 111th Indian Infantry Brigade. After the war he became commander of 3rd Parachute Brigade in

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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

Family

In 1936 Rome married Sybil Parry Carden.The Peerage.com
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