About Hamish Rollo
Lived 1955 – 2009 (aged 53). Hamish Rollo was a British engineer and military personnel.
Major General Norman Hamish Rollo CBE (21 May 1955 – 26 March 2009) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding, Theatre Troops.
Military career Educated at Radley College and the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham, Rollo was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1973. He served in the Gulf War in 1990 before becoming commanding officer of 22 Engineer Regiment in January 1995 in which role he was deployed to Bosnia with IFOR. He went on to be Chief of Staff at Headquarters 3rd Mechanised Division in January 1997 and returned to Bosnia before being deployed to Kosovo.
He died of natural causes on 26 March 2009 and was buried at Tidworth Military Cemetery.
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Who was Hamish Rollo?
British engineer (1955–2009)
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Hamish Rollo was born on 21 May 1955.
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Hamish Rollo died on 26 March 2009.
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Hamish Rollo was an engineer and military personnel.
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Hamish Rollo was British.
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