Roland Le Fanu
Roland Le Fanu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1888 |
| Died | 2 January 1957 (aged 68) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy British Army |
| Years of service | 1908–1940 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Royal Irish Fusiliers Leicestershire Regiment |
| Commands | 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division |
| Battles / wars | First World War Waziristan campaign Second World War |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Major-General Roland Le Fanu DSO, MC (13 May 1888 – 2 January 1957) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Le Fanu, after being educated in Germany and briefly serving in the Royal Navy, and later transferring to the Royal Irish Fusiliers of the British Army, was commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment in 1908.[1][2] Like many of his contemporaries, he saw service during the First World War, for which he was awarded both the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order.[3]
After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1925 to 1926, alongside Walter Oxley, Raymond Briggs, Francis Tuker, Frank Messervy, Ronald Scobie, John Swayne and the Australian Sydney Rowell, who were among his classmates,[2] he became a staff officer at the War Office in March 1931, and from 1931 to 1932 attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[2] He was then deployed to the Rawalpindi District in India in December 1935.[4] He was appointed a companion of the Distinguished Service Order for his service during the Waziristan campaign.[5] He went on to become General Officer Commanding 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division in August 1939 at the start of the Second World War before retiring in October 1940.[4]
His son, Sir Victor de Fanu, served as Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons in the 1980s.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 28191". The London Gazette. 3 November 1908. p. 7916.
- ^ a b c Smart 2005, p. 186.
- ^ "Major-General Roland Le Fanu". Le Fanu Biographies. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Roland Le Fanu". Generals.dk. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 34542". The London Gazette. 16 August 1938. p. 5286.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Victor Le Fanu". The Independent. London. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
External links
[edit]- 1888 births
- 1957 deaths
- British Army generals of World War II
- Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- British Army major generals
- Royal Navy sailors
- 20th-century Royal Navy personnel
- Royal Irish Fusiliers soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- Le Fanu family