Bill Rollo

Rollo was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve on 10 March 1977.[2] He was then granted a short service commission, as a University Candidate, in the Blues and Royals on 4 September that year.[3] His commission was subsequently confirmed and he was promoted to lieutenant, with seniority from 4 September 1975.[4] He was promoted to captain on 4 March 1980,[5] and to major on 30 September 1987.[6] On 30 June 1992, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[7] In 1994 he became Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment and was deployed to Bosnia as part of the United Nations Protection Force.[8]

Rollo was promoted to colonel on 30 June 1996.[9] In 1998 he was appointed commander of the 4th Armoured Brigade, which was deployed to Macedonia and then to Kosovo.[8]

Rollo was promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1998, with seniority from 30 June.[10] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 New Year Honours,[11] and made aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II on 1 November 2000,[12] relinquishing the appointment on 28 June 2002.[13]

Rollo was deployed as General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division (South East), Iraq in July 2004 and became Assistant Chief of the General Staff in January 2005.[14] In July 2007 he was deployed again – this time as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq.[15]

Rollo was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces in March 2008.[16] Then, in December 2009, he was made Commander Force Development and Training,[17] and in 2010 he was made Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training).[18] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2010 New Year Honours.[19]