James Newton Rodney Moore
- James Newton Rodney Moore
General Sir (James Newton) Rodney Moore, GCVO KCB CBE DSO was a senior British Army officer.
Born in 1905, he was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. From 1942 to 1944 he was General Staff Officer 1 Guards Armoured Division. He was then Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion Grenadiers Guards, in North-West Europe. In 1945 he was promoted and became Commanding Officer 8th Brigade, in Germany and Palestine. From 1946 to 1947he was Commanding Officer 1st Guards Brigade, also in Palestine.
Returning to the United Kingdom, from 1948 to 1950 Moore was Chief of Staff of London District, 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 1st Division, Middle East. He was then transferred, in the same year, to command the 10th Armoured Division.
Returning to London in 1957, he assumed the post of General Officer Commanding London District and Major-General Commanding Household Brigade. Another overseas posting (1959 – 1964) saw him serving as Chief of Armed Forces Staff, Malaya and Director of Border Operations, Malaya. His last active role was as the inaugural Defence Services Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, London (1964-66). He retired in 1966. From 1965-66 he was Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen. Moore died 1985, having spend his last years as Chief Steward of Hampton Court Palace.
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