Robin Ross

Lieutenant General Sir Robert Jeremy "Robin" Ross, KCB, OBE (28 November 1939 – 29 July 2025) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1994 to 1996.

Lieutenant General Sir Robin Ross KCB OBE
Born	(1939-11-28)28 November 1939
Died	29 July 2025(2025-07-29) (aged 85)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Marines
Years of service	1957–1996
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Commandant General Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade 40 Commando
Battles / wars	Operation Safe Haven
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) Decoration of Merit (Netherlands)

Military career

Educated at Wellington College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Ross joined the Royal Marines in 1957.^[1] He became Commanding Officer of 40 Commando in 1979, commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1986 and Commander, Training and Reserves in 1988.^[2] He was appointed Commander, Commando Forces in 1990 and led an Anglo-Dutch force that took part in Operation Safe Haven, a humanitarian operation to protect the Kurdish people in Northern Iraq in 1991.^[2][3][4] He became Commandant General Royal Marines in 1994 and retired in 1996.^[1]

Personal life and death

In 1965 Ross married Sara Curtis; they had one son and one daughter.^[1]

Upon retirement Ross became Chairman of SSAFA Forces Help,^[5] a member of the International Investment Council of South Africa^[3] and a churchwarden of St John the Baptist Church at Berwick St John in Wiltshire.^[6]

Ross died on 29 July 2025, at the age of 85.^[7][8]