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Early life. Born George Edward Redgrave [1] in 122 Kennington Road, Kennington, a district of Lambeth in South London in 1873, he was the eldest son of George Augustus Redgrave (1851–81), a maker of the board game Bagatelle, and Zoe Beatrice Elsworthy ( née Pym, later Howard; 1856–1936). By 1897, he was professionally known as Roy Redgrave ...
Major-General Sir Roy Redgrave, who has died aged 85, was awarded an MC in the last week of the Second World War in Europe, and afterwards commanded the Household Cavalry. On May 1 1945, Redgrave was leading a troop of the 1st Household Cavalry Regiment (1 HCR) west of the village of Düdenbüttel, near Bremen, when his armoured car was hit by ...
Jul 31, 2011 · Maj-Gen Sir Roy Redgrave, who has died aged 85, was awarded an MC in the last week of the Second World War in Europe, and afterwards commanded the Household Cavalry. 31 July 2011 • 6:23pm
Added: Jun 15, 2008. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 27577711. Source citation. Actor. Born George Ellsworthy Redgrave in London, he emigrated to Australia and became a star of that country's silent cinema. He appeared in such films as Robbery Under Arms, Our Friends the Hayseeds, Transported, and The Christian. He was the father of actor Sir Michael ...
Jul 11, 2011 · Michael Miller writes: In April 1996, Sir Roy (obituary, July 6) boarded the Caledonian Star at Alexandria to act as our mentor on the North African battlefields during our cruise. On his first
Redgrave was a lifelong activist in left-wing politics. With his elder sister Vanessa, he was a prominent member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party. After the WRP's collapse, he was involved with the Marxist Party, [5] which the two siblings founded. Redgrave and his second wife, Kika Markham, expressed support for activist group Viva ...
He was made Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment in 1962 and of the Royal Horse Guards in 1964. [2] He became Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps Centre in 1974 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1975. [2] He went on to be Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1978 and retired in 1980.
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