Roger St John Explained

Roger St John
Birth Date:4 October 1911
Death Date:15 October 1998 (aged 87)
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1931−
Servicenumber:52703
Unit:Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Commands:1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
11th Infantry Brigade Group
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross

Major-General Roger Ellis Tudor St John, CB, MC (4 October 1911  - 15 October 1998) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, St. John was commissioned into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 27 August 1931. He served in the Second World War as brigade major for the 11th Armoured Division and, after the war, went on to become commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in 1953 and commander of 11th Infantry Brigade Group in 1957.[1]

He became colonel of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in October 1965.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mosley, Charles. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. 2003. 3489.