General Sir James Newton Rodney Moore, GCVO, KCB, CBE, DSO

Extracted from http://www.thepeerage.com/p63762.htm#i637612

General Sir James Newton Rodney Moore was born in 1905.1 He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir Newton James Moore and Isabella Lowrie.1 He married, firstly, Olive Marion Bilbe-Robinson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Bilbe Robinson, in 1927 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.1 He married, secondly, Patricia M. L. Catty in 1947 at Westminster, London, England.1 He died in 1985. He was buried at Warnham St. Margaret Churchyard, Warnham, Sussex, England.1

    He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.)2 He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)2 He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)2 He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)2 General Sir James Newton Rodney Moore usually went by his middle name of Rodney.2

Citations
[S4567] Bill Norton, "re: Pitman Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 6 April 2010 and 19 April 2011. Hereinafter cited as "re: Pitman Family."
[S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3688. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Biography extracted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Moore-46143

James Newton Rodney Moore was born in 1905 at Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia. Rodney, the name by which he was known was the only son of Major General Sir Newton Moore and Lady Moore, formerly Isabella Lowrie

Having been Premier of Western Australia from 1906 to 1910, Cora's father (then Sir Newton Moore) was appointed Agent-General for Western Australia in London. Little did the family know that when they relocated to Great Britain in 1911 it was to become a permanent migration. Sir Newton would command the Australian Imperial Forces based in the United Kingdom during the First World War and be elected to the House of Commons from 1918 to 1932. Rodney was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After graduating from the latter, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 29th January 1925.[2]

He married Olive Robinson in 1927 at St George Hanover Square, London.[3] They were divorced before 1947.

During the Second World War, from 1942 to 1944, Moore 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, on promotion to Brigadier, 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.[4] 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.[5] His last active appointment was as the first Defence Services Secretary at the Ministry of Defence in London. From 1965 to 1966 he was Aide-de-Camp General to Her Majesty The Queen.[6] He retired in 1966.[7]

Moore spent his last years as Gentleman Usher to the Royal Household[8] and Chief Steward of Hampton Court Palace.[9]

He passed away in 1985 in England.[10] He was buried at Warnham St Margaret Churchyard, Warnham, Sussex.

Sources
↑ Western Australia Birth Index #7349/1905
↑ London Gazette 30 Jan 1925 Issue: 33016 Page: 685; accessed 22 Jan 2019
↑ UK FreeBMD Marriage Index Dec qtr 1927, vol 1a, page 1089
↑ London Gazette 22 Sep 1959 Supplement: 41826 Page: 6041
↑ Panglima Mangku Negara (PMN) (Kehormat)
↑ London Gazette 20 October 1966 Supplement: 44147 Page: 11375
↑ London Gazette 14 Oct 1966 Supplement: 44143 Page: 11237
↑ 10 Jun 1975 Issue: 46604 Page: 7465
↑ London Gazette 4 Jun 1985 Issue: 50143 Page: 7725
↑ death record yet to be located

• Military service: Grenadier Guards Army United Kingdom
• Military service: Lieut. 3rd Batt Grenadier Guards - Circa 1927 - North West Europe (Including D-Day)
• Military service number:

                           32071, Grenadier Guards, Pullborough, temp. Lt. Col., DSO - 1945                        

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