Roland Le Fanu Explained

Roland Le Fanu
Birth Date:13 May 1888
Death Date:2 January 1957 (aged 68)
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1908–1940
Rank:Major-General
Branch:Royal Navy
British Army
Commands:15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
Unit:Royal Irish Fusiliers
Leicestershire Regiment
Battles:First World War
Waziristan campaign
Second World War
Awards:Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Major-General Roland Le Fanu (13 May 1888 – 2 January 1957) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

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. 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.[1]

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, he became a staff officer at the War Office in March 1931, and from 1931 to 1932 attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He was then deployed to the Rawalpindi District in India in December 1935.[2] He was appointed a companion of the Distinguished Service Order for his service during the Waziristan campaign. 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.[2]

His son, Sir Victor de Fanu, served as Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons in the 1980s.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major-General Roland Le Fanu. Le Fanu Biographies. 25 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Roland Le Fanu. Generals.dk. 25 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Obituary: Sir Victor Le Fanu. The Independent. London. 9 February 2007. 25 May 2020.