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{{Short description|British Army general}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Sir Roland Guy
|birth_date= {{birth date|1928|06|25|df=yes}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|2005|12|13|1928|06|25|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]]
|death_place=
|image=
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|branch= {{army|United Kingdom}}
|serviceyears= 1948–1986
|rank= [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
|commands= [[Adjutant-General to the Forces]] [[Military Secretary (United Kingdom)|Military Secretary]] [[24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|24 Airportable Brigade]] 1st Battalion, [[Royal Green Jackets]]
|unit=[[King's Royal Rifle Corps]]
|servicenumber= 397265
|battles= [[Mau Mau Uprising]] [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]] [[Operation Banner]]
|awards= [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Distinguished Service Order]]
|laterwork=
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Roland Kelvin Guy''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|CBE|DSO}} (25 June 1928 – 13 December 2005) was a senior [[British Army]] officer who was [[Adjutant-General to the Forces]].

==Military career==
Born in [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]],<ref name=times>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article762383.ece Obituary: General Sir Roland Guy] The Times, 14 December 2005</ref> and educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] and at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst]], Roland Guy was commissioned into the [[Kings Royal Rifle Corps]] (the 60th) in 1948.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38465|supp=y|page=6181|date=26 November 1948}}</ref> He served as an adjutant with the [[Kenya Regiment]] during the [[Mau Mau Uprising]].<ref name=times/> He was adjutant of the 2nd [[Royal Green Jackets|Green Jackets (KRRC)]] during the [[Indonesian Confrontation|confrontation with Indonesia]].<ref name=times/> He became [[commanding officer]] of the 1st Battalion The [[Royal Green Jackets]] in 1969.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for service in [[Northern Ireland]] in 1972.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=45598|supp=y|page=1895|date=14 February 1972}}</ref> In 1972 he became Commander of [[24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|24 Airportable Brigade]].<ref name=debrett/>

He was Chief of Staff, HQ [[BAOR]] from 1978<ref name=debrett/> to 1980 when he became [[Military Secretary (United Kingdom)|Military Secretary]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48490|supp=y|page=462|date=13 January 1981}}</ref> He was [[Adjutant-General to the Forces]] from 1984<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=49694|supp=y|page=4821|date=2 April 1984}}</ref> to 1986.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50746|supp=y|page=16219|date=15 December 1986}}</ref>

He was also appointed [[Aide-de-Camp General|ADC General]] to [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] in 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=49754|supp=y|page=7748|date=5 June 1984}}</ref>

Guy was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1955,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40538|supp=y|page=4153|date=15 July 1955}}</ref> a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1978,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47549|supp=y|page=6233|date=3 June 1978}}</ref> a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in 1981,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48467|supp=y|page=2|date=31 December 1980}}</ref> and a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] in 1987.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50764|supp=y|page=2|date=31 December 1986}}</ref>

==Retirement==
He was a Governor of the [[Royal Hospital Chelsea]] from 1987<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=51017|supp=y|page=9877|date=31 August 1987}}</ref> to 1993,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53389|supp=y|page=12912|date=3 August 1993}}</ref> and Chairman of the [[Army Benevolent Fund]] also from 1987 to 1993.<ref name=debrett/>

==Family==
In 1957 he married Deirdre Graves-Morris and they went on to have two daughters.<ref name=debrett/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{s-bef|before=[[Robin Carnegie|Sir Robin Carnegie]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Military Secretary (United Kingdom)|Military Secretary]]|years=1980–1983}}
{{s-aft|after=[[David Mostyn (British Army officer)|Sir David Mostyn]]}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[George Cooper (British Army officer)|Sir George Cooper]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Adjutant-General to the Forces|Adjutant General]]|years=1984–1986}}
{{s-aft|after=[[David Mostyn (British Army officer)|Sir David Mostyn]]}}
|-
{{s-hon}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Robert Ford (British Army officer)|Sir Robert Ford]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Royal Hospital Chelsea#List of Governors|Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea]]| years=1987–1993}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Brian Kenny (British Army officer)|Sir Brian Kenny]]}}
{{end}}
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[[Category:1928 births]]
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[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]
[[Category:British people in colonial India]]
[[Category:People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]
[[Category:King's Royal Rifle Corps officers]]
[[Category:Royal Green Jackets officers]]
[[Category:British Army generals]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Mau Mau Uprising]]
[[Category:British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:People from Srinagar]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]]
[[Category:Kenya Regiment officers]]

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