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Sir (Horace) Rollo (Squarey) Pain (11 May 1921 – 14 April 2005) was a

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officer who commanded 2nd Division.

Military career

Educated at

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, Pain was commissioned into the

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in 1943 during

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and served in North West Europe.Lieutenant-General Sir Rollo Pain
The Times, 27 April 2005 He was awarded the MC for his leadership during fighting for control of the village of

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. After the War he saw active service in

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during the

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, for which he was mentioned in dispatches. In 1962 he became

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of the

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. He was appointed Commander of 5th Infantry Brigade in North

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in 1965, Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations at the

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in 1969 and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 2nd Division in 1970. He went on to be Director of Military Training in 1972 and Head of the British Defence Staff in

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in 1975 before retiring in 1978. He was given the colonelcy of the

from 1979 to 1983.

Family

In 1950 he married Denys Chaine-Nickson; they had a son and two daughters.

References

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