Rodney Moore (British Army officer)

Sir Rodney Moore
Rodney Moore, Palestine, 1946
Birth name	James Newton Rodney Moore
Born	(1905-06-09)9 June 1905 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia[1]
Died	19 May 1985(1985-05-19) (aged 79) Richmond upon Thames, London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1924–1966
Rank	General
Service number	32071
Unit	Grenadier Guards
Commands	Chief of Malaysian Armed Forces Staff (1959–64) London District (1957–59) 10th Armoured Division (1955–57) 1st Infantry Division (1955) 1st Guards Brigade (1946–47) 8th Infantry Brigade (1945–46) 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards (1944–45)
Battles / wars	Second World War Palestine Emergency Malayan Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in dispatches Order of the Crown (Belgium) Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (Malaysia) Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Relations	Sir Newton Moore (father)

General Sir James Newton Rodney Moore, GCVO, KCB, CBE, DSO (9 June 1905 – 19 May 1985), usually known as Sir Rodney Moore, was a senior British Army officer. He fought in the Second World War and Palestine Emergency, and was General Officer Commanding London District from 1957 to 1959. Moore was appointed the inaugural Chief of Malaysian Armed Forces Staff from 1959 to 1965, a post he occupied during the final stages of the Malayan Emergency and early period of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. His final posting was as Defence Services Secretary from 1964 to 1966.^[2]