Bill Rollo
Sir William Raoul 'Bill' Rollo is a former senior British Army officer.Military career
Rollo was commissioned into the Blues and Royals as a Second Lieutenant , 4 September 1977. His commission was confirmed and he was promoted to lieutenant on 4 September 1977. He was promoted to captain on 4 March 1980, and to major on 30 September 1987. On 30 June 1992, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 1994 he became Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment and was deployed to Bosnia as part of the United Nations Protection Force.
On 30 June 1996, he was promoted to colonel. In 1998 he was appointed Commander of 4th Armoured Brigade which was deployed to Macedonia and then to Kosovo.
Rollo was promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1998 with seniority from 30 June 1998. He was appointed aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II on 1 November 2000, and relinquished the appointment on 28 June 2002.
He was deployed as General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division, Iraq in July 2004 and became Assistant Chief of the General Staff in January 2005.
In July 2007 he was deployed again – this time as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq.
He was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces in March 2008. Then in December 2009 he was made Commander Force Development and Training and in 2010 he was made Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 New Year Honours List and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2010 New Year Honours.
