Andrew Roe

British Army officer (fl. 1992- )

Major General Andrew Michael Roe, CB is a retired senior British Army officer who has been selected as the next Rector of Exeter College, Oxford from October 2024.

Military career

Roe was commissioned into the Green Howards in April 1992.^[1] He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, in April 2011.^[2] He went on to be commander 38 (Irish) Brigade in August 2015, Assistant Commandant (Land) of the Joint Services Command and Staff College in August 2017 and Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College in May 2019.^[3] He went on to be Chief Executive and Commandant of the Defence Academy from 2022 to 2024.^[4] He retired from the army on 6 September 2024.^[5]

Roe was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in September 2010 for distinguished service in Afghanistan,^[6] and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2022 Birthday Honours.^[7]

Academic career

Roe studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at King's College London. He completed this in 2008 with a doctoral thesis titled "From the annexation of the Punjab to the pursuit of the Fakir of Ipi: British challenges and responses on the North-West Frontier, 1849-1947".^[8]

In June 2023, Roe was announced as the next Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, starting in October 2024.^[9]

Selected publications

Books

• Roe, Andrew M. (2010). Waging War in Waziristan: The British Struggle in the Land of Bin Laden, 1849–1947. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0700616992.
• Roe, Andrew M.; Cloughley, Brian; Grau, Lester (2015). From Fabric Wings to Supersonic Fighters and Drones: A History of Military Aviation on Both Sides of the North-West Frontier. Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1909982826.

Articles

• Roe, Andrew (2012). "Evacuation by Air: The All-But-Forgotten Kabul Airlift of 1928-29". Air Power Review. 15 (1). Air University Press: 21–38. ISSN 1463-6298.

References

1. "No. 52983". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 July 1992. p. 11410.
2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
3. "Ministry of Defence and Senior Tri-Service Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
4. "Commandants share expert insights on military education". Defence Academy. 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
5. "No. 64509". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 September 2024. p. 17454.
6. "No. 59554". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 September 2010. p. 18538.
7. "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 2022. p. B3.
8. Roe, Andrew M. (2008). From the annexation of the Punjab to the pursuit of the Fakir of Ipi: British challenges and responses on the North-West Frontier, 1849-1947 (PhD thesis). King's College London. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
9. "Exeter College announces its next Rector". Exeter College. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.