Richard Ford (Royal Marines officer)
{{short description|British military officer (1878–1949)}}
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| birth_name = Richard Vernon Tredinnick Ford
| birth_date = 18 February 1878
| birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
| death_date = {{dda|12 April 1949|18 February 1878|df=y}}
| death_place = Folkestone, Kent, England
| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = Royal Marines
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| rank = General
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| commands = Adjutant-General Royal Marines
| battles = First World War
| awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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General Sir Richard Vernon Tredinnick Ford, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|CBE}} (18 February 1878 – 12 April 1949) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.{{cite news |title= Obituary: General Sir Richard Ford |work=The Times |date= 14 April 1949|page= 6}}
Military career
Born on 18 February 1878, Ford was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery in 1896,{{London Gazette|issue=26773|page=4931|date=1 September 1896}} and promoted to captain on 1 January 1903.{{London Gazette|issue=27520|page=602|date=30 January 1903}} During the First World War he commanded the Royal Navy Siege Guns at Dunkirk, as Second-in-Command of the Royal Marine Heavy Brigade, and then served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters, Royal Marine Forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishLGDecorationszzOBE.htm|title=Royal Navy Medals|publisher=Naval History|accessdate=20 May 2016}} For these services he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13501/page/3092 "No. 13501".] The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 September 1919. p. 3092
In January 1928, Ford, by then a colonel, was made a companion of the Order of the Bath,[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/14450/page/655 "No. 14450".] The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 June 1928. p. 655 and was an aide-de-camp to the King from 1929 to 1930.{{cite book|title=Who Was Who 1941–1950|year=1980|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing, London|isbn=0-7136-2131-1}} Appointed Adjutant-General Royal Marines in June 1930, then the highest appointment within the Royal Marines, he was elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in January 1933.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/14928/page/9 "No. 14928".] The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 January 1933. p. 9 He retired in October 1933 with the rank of General.{{London Gazette|issue=33983|date=3 October 1933|page=6355}}
Personal life
Ford was twice married. In 1903, he married Diana Pollard, daughter of Rear-Admiral George Northmore Arthur Pollard. After her death in 1911, he was married in 1913 to Mildred Powell Underwood, daughter of Capt. Powell Cecil Underwood, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.
He died in Folkestone on 12 April 1949, aged 71.
References
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External links
- [https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp132548/sir-richard-vernon-tredinnick-ford Photograph of Sir Richard Ford] held by the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:Royal Marines generals
Category:Military personnel from Portsmouth