About Roger St John
Lived 1911 – 1998 (aged 87). Roger St John was a military leader.
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.
He became colonel of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in October 1965.
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British Army major-general
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Roger St John was born on 4 October 1911.
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Roger St John died on 15 October 1998.
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Roger St John was a military leader.
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