# Robin Ross

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{{Short description|Royal Marines Lieutenant General (1939–2025)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [Lieutenant General](/source/Lieutenant_general_(United_Kingdom))
|name = Sir Robin Ross
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|OBE}}
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1939|11|28|df=yes}}
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|death_date= {{death date and age|2025|07|29|1939|11|28|df=yes}}
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [Royal Marines](/source/Royal_Marines)
|service_years= 1957–1996
|rank= [Lieutenant General](/source/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom))
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|commands= [Commandant General Royal Marines](/source/Commandant_General_Royal_Marines)<br/>[3 Commando Brigade](/source/3_Commando_Brigade)<br/>[40 Commando](/source/40_Commando)
|battles= [Operation Safe Haven](/source/Operation_Provide_Comfort)
|awards= [Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath)<br/>[Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)<br/>[Officer of the Legion of Merit](/source/Officer_of_the_Legion_of_Merit) (United States)<br/>[Decoration of Merit](/source/Decoration_of_Merit) (Netherlands)
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[Lieutenant General](/source/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)) '''Sir Robert Jeremy Ross''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|OBE}} (28 November 1939 – 29 July 2025) was a [Royal Marines](/source/Royal_Marines) officer who served as [Commandant General Royal Marines](/source/Commandant_General_Royal_Marines) from 1994 to 1996.

==Military career==
Educated at [Wellington College](/source/Wellington_College%2C_Berkshire) and [Corpus Christi College, Cambridge](/source/Corpus_Christi_College%2C_Cambridge), Ross joined the [Royal Marines](/source/Royal_Marines) in 1957.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> He became [Commanding Officer](/source/Commanding_Officer) of [40 Commando](/source/40_Commando) in 1979, commander of [3 Commando Brigade](/source/3_Commando_Brigade) in 1986 and Commander, Training and Reserves in 1988.<ref name=navy>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Royal Navy Senior Appointments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=15 March 2012 }}</ref> He was appointed Commander, Commando Forces in 1990 and led an Anglo-Dutch force that took part in [Operation Safe Haven](/source/Operation_Provide_Comfort), a humanitarian operation to protect the [Kurdish people](/source/Kurdish_people) in Northern Iraq in 1991.<ref name=navy/><ref name=isolon>{{cite web|url=http://isolon.com/directors/#5|title=Directors|publisher=Isolon Limited|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140309083830/http://isolon.com/directors/#5|archive-date=9 March 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.britains-smallwars.com/RRGP/SafeHaven.htm Operation Safe Haven: Northern Iraq 1991]</ref> He became [Commandant General Royal Marines](/source/Commandant_General_Royal_Marines) in 1994 and retired in 1996.<ref name=debrett/>

==Personal life and death==
In 1965 Ross married Sara Curtis; they had one son and one daughter.<ref name="debrett" />

Upon retirement Ross became Chairman of [SSAFA Forces Help](/source/SSAFA_Forces_Help),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourdogs.co.uk/News/2006/March2006/News240306/ssafa.htm|title=SSAFA at Crufts 2006|publisher=Our Dogs|access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref> a member of the International Investment Council of South Africa<ref name="isolon" /> and a churchwarden of St John the Baptist Church at [Berwick St John](/source/Berwick_St_John) in Wiltshire.<ref>{{cite web|date=2011|title=Church News|url=http://www.berwickstjohn.com/church-news|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426015835/http://www.berwickstjohn.com/church-news|archive-date=26 April 2012|website=berwickstjohn.com|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Ross died from complications of Parkinson's disease on 29 July 2025, at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1950124849919135862 |user=GlobenLaurel |title=It is with great sadness that we report the death of Lt Gen Sir Robin Ross KCB OBE RM, former Commandant General Royal Marines. Our thoughts are with Sir Robin's family and friends at this sad time. |author=''Globe & Laurel'' Magazine |date=29 July 2025 |access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lt-Gen Sir Robin Ross, dynamic Royal Marine who led the British humanitarian effort after the first Gulf War |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/08/04/lieutenant-general-robin-ross-royal-marine-iraq-kurdish/ |access-date=9 August 2025 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=4 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lt General Sir Robin Ross obituary: Royal Marines commander in Iraq |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/lt-general-sir-robin-ross-obituary-royal-marines-commander-in-iraq-6w3qrbxfz |access-date=15 August 2025 |publisher=The Times |date=15 August 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[Sir Henry Beverley](/source/Henry_Beverley)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Commandant General Royal Marines](/source/Commandant_General_Royal_Marines)|years=1994–1996}}
{{s-aft|after=[David Pennefather](/source/David_Pennefather)}}
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Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:Officers of the Legion of Merit
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Category:Royal Marines lieutenant generals
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