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	==Early life and WWI==		==Early life and WWI==
	The son of the Reverend Oliver Inskip, he was born in September 1885 at [[Spalding, Lincolnshire]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web\|url=http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10113&g2_serialNumber=1 \|title=Major-General Roland Debenham Inskip CB CIE DSO MC (1894–1902) \|publisher=oldframlinghamian.com \|accessdate=14 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was educated at [[Framlingham College]], where he father was the headmaster from 1887 to 1913.<ref name="PRO"/> He made his debut in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket\|minor counties cricket]] for [[Suffolk County Cricket Club\|Suffolk]] in the 1904 [[Minor Counties Championship]], with Inskip playing infrequently for the county until 1911.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html \|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Tim Inskip \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=14 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> From Framlingham he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries\|second lieutenant]] into the [[British Indian Army]] in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27824\|date=4 August 1905\|page=5377}}</ref> By January 1908, he was serving with the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)\|59th Scinde Rifles]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28103\|date=28 January 1908\|page=653}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] in July 1914 and shortly after saw action in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28910\|date=22 September 1914\|page=7500}}</ref> In September 1914, he arrived on the [[Western Front (World War I)\|Western Front]], where he remained until December 1915. From January 1916 to December 1917, he saw action in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]].<ref name="PRO"/> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29438\|date=11 January 1916\|page=579\|supp=y}}</ref> and the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in December 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette\|city=Edinburgh\|issue=13031\|date=26 December 1916\|page=2411\|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]] in June 1917, while in command of a battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30138\|date=19 June 1917\|page=6057\|supp=y}}</ref> Throughout the course of the war, Inskip was [[mentioned in dispatches]] five times.<ref name="PRO"/>		The son of the Reverend Oliver Inskip, he was born in September 1885 at [[Spalding, Lincolnshire]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web\|url=http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10113&g2_serialNumber=1 \|title=Major-General Roland Debenham Inskip CB CIE DSO MC (1894–1902) \|publisher=oldframlinghamian.com \|accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> He was educated at [[Framlingham College]], where he father was the headmaster from 1887 to 1913.<ref name="PRO"/> He made his debut in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket\|minor counties cricket]] for [[Suffolk County Cricket Club\|Suffolk]] in the 1904 [[Minor Counties Championship]], with Inskip playing infrequently for the county until 1911.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html \|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Tim Inskip \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> From Framlingham he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries\|second lieutenant]] into the [[British Indian Army]] in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27824\|date=4 August 1905\|page=5377}}</ref> By January 1908, he was serving with the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)\|59th Scinde Rifles]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28103\|date=28 January 1908\|page=653}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] in July 1914 and shortly after saw action in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28910\|date=22 September 1914\|page=7500}}</ref> In September 1914, he arrived on the [[Western Front (World War I)\|Western Front]], where he remained until December 1915. From January 1916 to December 1917, he saw action in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]].<ref name="PRO"/> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29438\|date=11 January 1916\|page=579\|supp=y}}</ref> and the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in December 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette\|city=Edinburgh\|issue=13031\|date=26 December 1916\|page=2411\|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]] in June 1917, while in command of a battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30138\|date=19 June 1917\|page=6057\|supp=y}}</ref> Throughout the course of the war, Inskip was [[mentioned in dispatches]] five times.<ref name="PRO"/>

	==Inter-war period==		==Inter-war period==
	Inskip gained the full rank of major in March 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32364\|date=21 June 1921\|page=4917}}</ref> By 1924, he was serving with the [[12th Indian Infantry Brigade]] and with the [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] in 1928.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33377\|date=20 April 1928\|page=2818}}</ref> He made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] in November 1926, playing one match for the [[Europeans cricket team\|Europeans]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], and a second match for the [[Rawalpindi Sports Club]] against the same opposition.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/First-Class_Matches.html \|title=First-Class Matches played by Tim Inskip \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=14 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> He scored 6 runs and took 2 wickets in these matches.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Batting_by_Season.html \|title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tim Inskip \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=14 July ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Bowling_by_Season.html \|title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by Tim Inskip \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=14 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|colonel]] in December 1934, with seniority to July 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34127\|date=25 January 1935\|page=613}}</ref> Inkskip was seconded to Army Headquarters in India in 1934–35, before serving at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies\|Imperial Defence College]] in London in 1936.<ref name="PRO"/> He was granted the temporary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|brigadier]] in April 1937, while in command of the [[1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34386\|date=6 April 1937\|page=2197}}</ref> He served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)\|Waziristan campaign]], during which he was mentioned in dispatches twice and was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref name="PRO"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34542\|date=16 August 1938\|page=5281}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)\|major-general]] in April 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34622\|date=5 May 1939\|page=2995\|supp=y}}</ref> while the following month he was made a member of the [[Order of the Bath]] in [[1939 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34633\|date=6 June 1939\|page=3854\|supp=y}}</ref>		Inskip gained the full rank of major in March 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32364\|date=21 June 1921\|page=4917}}</ref> By 1924, he was serving with the [[12th Indian Infantry Brigade]] and with the [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] in 1928.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33377\|date=20 April 1928\|page=2818}}</ref> He made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] in November 1926, playing one match for the [[Europeans cricket team\|Europeans]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], and a second match for the [[Rawalpindi Sports Club]] against the same opposition.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/First-Class_Matches.html \|title=First-Class Matches played by Tim Inskip \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> He scored 6 runs and took 2 wickets in these matches.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Batting_by_Season.html \|title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tim Inskip \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Bowling_by_Season.html \|title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by Tim Inskip \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|colonel]] in December 1934, with seniority to July 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34127\|date=25 January 1935\|page=613}}</ref> Inkskip was seconded to Army Headquarters in India in 1934–35, before serving at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies\|Imperial Defence College]] in London in 1936.<ref name="PRO"/> He was granted the temporary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|brigadier]] in April 1937, while in command of the [[1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34386\|date=6 April 1937\|page=2197}}</ref> He served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)\|Waziristan campaign]], during which he was mentioned in dispatches twice and was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref name="PRO"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34542\|date=16 August 1938\|page=5281}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)\|major-general]] in April 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34622\|date=5 May 1939\|page=2995\|supp=y}}</ref> while the following month he was made a member of the [[Order of the Bath]] in [[1939 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34633\|date=6 June 1939\|page=3854\|supp=y}}</ref>

	==WWII and later life==		==WWII and later life==

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'''Roland 'Tim' Debenham Inskip''' {{postnominal|CB|CIE|DSO|MC}} (17 September 1885 – 23 November 1971) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer. Inskip served in the [[British Indian Army]] from 1905 to 1947, seeing action in the [[First World War]], the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|Waziristan campaign]] and the [[Second World War]]. He was highly decorated in these campaigns and eventually reached the rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]]. He also played [[first-class cricket]] while in [[British India]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] and the [[Rawalpindi Sports Club]].

==Early life and WWI==
The son of the Reverend Oliver Inskip, he was born in September 1885 at [[Spalding, Lincolnshire]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10113&g2_serialNumber=1 |title=Major-General Roland Debenham Inskip CB CIE DSO MC (1894–1902) |publisher=oldframlinghamian.com |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> He was educated at [[Framlingham College]], where he father was the headmaster from 1887 to 1913.<ref name="PRO"/> He made his debut in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Suffolk County Cricket Club|Suffolk]] in the 1904 [[Minor Counties Championship]], with Inskip playing infrequently for the county until 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> From Framlingham he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[British Indian Army]] in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27824|date=4 August 1905|page=5377}}</ref> By January 1908, he was serving with the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)|59th Scinde Rifles]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28103|date=28 January 1908|page=653}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in July 1914 and shortly after saw action in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28910|date=22 September 1914|page=7500}}</ref> In September 1914, he arrived on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], where he remained until December 1915. From January 1916 to December 1917, he saw action in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]].<ref name="PRO"/> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29438|date=11 January 1916|page=579|supp=y}}</ref> and the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in December 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=13031|date=26 December 1916|page=2411|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in June 1917, while in command of a battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30138|date=19 June 1917|page=6057|supp=y}}</ref> Throughout the course of the war, Inskip was [[mentioned in dispatches]] five times.<ref name="PRO"/>

==Inter-war period==
Inskip gained the full rank of major in March 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32364|date=21 June 1921|page=4917}}</ref> By 1924, he was serving with the [[12th Indian Infantry Brigade]] and with the [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] in 1928.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33377|date=20 April 1928|page=2818}}</ref> He made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] in November 1926, playing one match for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], and a second match for the [[Rawalpindi Sports Club]] against the same opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> He scored 6 runs and took 2 wickets in these matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Batting_by_Season.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in December 1934, with seniority to July 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34127|date=25 January 1935|page=613}}</ref> Inkskip was seconded to Army Headquarters in India in 1934–35, before serving at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies|Imperial Defence College]] in London in 1936.<ref name="PRO"/> He was granted the temporary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]] in April 1937, while in command of the [[1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34386|date=6 April 1937|page=2197}}</ref> He served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|Waziristan campaign]], during which he was mentioned in dispatches twice and was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref name="PRO"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34542|date=16 August 1938|page=5281}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]] in April 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34622|date=5 May 1939|page=2995|supp=y}}</ref> while the following month he was made a member of the [[Order of the Bath]] in [[1939 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34633|date=6 June 1939|page=3854|supp=y}}</ref>

==WWII and later life==
During the [[Second World War]], Inskip served as the district commander of [[Rawalpindi]].<ref name="PRO"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35176|date=30 May 1941|page=3112}}</ref> Following this, he served as general officer commanding [[British Ceylon|Ceylon]].<ref name="PRO"/> He retired from active service in October 1942,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35835|date=25 December 1942|page=5606}}</ref> but was immediately reemployed and appointed as the [[Colonel_(United_Kingdom)#Ceremonial_usage|honorary colonel]] of the [[54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)|6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36227|date=29 October 1943|page=4780}}</ref> From 1943 to 1945, he was an inspector of military training centres across India, before being appointed on the eve of [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]] as the [[chief of staff]] of the [[Bhopal State Forces]].<ref name="PRO"/> Following his retirement, he devoted his time to furthering the well being of veterans and promoting Framlingham College.<ref name="PRO"/> He died at [[Ipswich]] in November 1971.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=29553}}
*[https://generals.dk/general/Inskip/Roland_Debenham/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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