James Newton Rodney Moore

Sir
Rodney Moore
GCMG KCB CBE DSO MiD PMN
2nd Chief of Armed Forces Staff (Malaya)
In office
27 October 1959 – 31 December 1963[1]
Monarch Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Hisamuddin and Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Syed Harun Putra
Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman
Preceded by Major General Geoffrey Francis H. Brooke
Succeeded by Major General Tunku Osman
Personal details
Born 1905 (1905)
Died 1985 (aged 79–80)
Nationality British
Alma mater
Military service
Allegiance
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1925–1966
Rank General
Unit Grenadier Guards
Commands London District
10th Armoured Division
1st Division
1st Guards Brigade
8th Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Battles/wars Second World War
Palestine Emergency
Malayan Emergency
Service number 32071

General Sir (James Newton) Rodney Moore, GCMG, KCB, CBE, DSO (b. 1905; d. 1985) was a senior British Army officer who fought in the Second World War, second Malayan Chief of Staff (now known as Chief of Defence Forces) and later was General Officer Commanding (GOC) London District.

Military career

Rodney Moore, Palestine 1946

Born in 1905, Rodney Moore was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After passing out from the latter, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards on 29 January 1925.[2] During the Second World War, from 1942 to 1944, he was a General Staff Officer (GSO) with the Guards Armoured Division. He was then Commanding Officer (CO) of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, in North-West Europe. In 1945 he became CO of the 8th Infantry Brigade in Germany and Palestine. From 1946 to 1947 he was CO of the 1st Guards Brigade, also in Palestine, during the Palestine Emergency.

Returning to the United Kingdom in 1948, Moore was Chief of Staff of London District until 1950, and then attended the Imperial Defence College.

From 1951 to 1953 he was Deputy Adjutant-General, British Army of the Rhine, Germany. Moore than undertook his first NATO posting, as Chief of Staff Allied Forces Northern Europe. Returning to the Middle East in 1955, Moore was General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1st Division. He was then transferred, in the same year, to command the 10th Armoured Division.

Returning to London in 1957, he assumed the post of Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and London District. Another overseas posting in 1959 saw him serving as Chief of Armed Forces Staff (now known as Chief of Defence Forces), Malaya and Director of Border Operations, Malaya.[3] For his service in this role, Moore was appointed an honorary Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm by the Malayan government in 1961.[4] His last active appointment was as the first Defence Services Secretary at the Ministry of Defence in London.[5] He retired in 1966.[6]

From 1965 to 1966 he was Aide-de-Camp General to H.M. The Queen.[7] Moore spent his last years as Chief Steward of Hampton Court Palace.[8]

He was also a Gentleman Usher to the Royal Household.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Senarai Panglima Tentera Darat". Malaysian Army Official Portal (in Malay).
  2. ↑ "No. 33016". The London Gazette. 30 January 1925. p. 685.
  3. ↑ "No. 41826". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 September 1959. p. 6041.
  4. ↑ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1961" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "No. 43269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 March 1964. p. 2257.
  6. ↑ "No. 44143". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 October 1966. p. 11237.
  7. ↑ "No. 44147". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 October 1966. p. 11375.
  8. ↑ "No. 50143". The London Gazette. 4 June 1985. p. 7725.
  9. ↑ "No. 46604". The London Gazette. 10 June 1975. p. 7465.
Military offices
Preceded by
Thomas Brodie		 GOC 1st Division
1955		 Succeeded by
Guy Gregson
Preceded by
Sir George Johnson		 GOC London District
1957–1959		 Succeeded by
Sir George Burns
New title Defence Services Secretary
1964–1966		 Succeeded by
Sir Ian Hogg
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