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  • Granville Roland Fortescue
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  • Granville Roland Fortescue (October 12, 1875 – April 21, 1952) was an American soldier, a Rough Rider serving with his cousin, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba, a presidential aide in the first Roosevelt administration and later, a journalist and war correspondent for the London Standard during the Rif War in 1920 Spanish Morocco. He wrote for the London Daily Telegraph during World War I and during the Spanish Civil War.
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  • 1
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serviceyears
  • 1898
  • 1917
Birth Date
  • 1875-10-12
Branch
Nickname
  • "Rollie"
Name
  • Granville Roland Fortescue
Caption
  • G. Roland Fortescue
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • New York City
Awards
death date
  • 1952-04-21
Rank
Allegiance
Battles
Relations
laterwork
  • author, journalist
placeofburial
abstract
  • Granville Roland Fortescue (October 12, 1875 – April 21, 1952) was an American soldier, a Rough Rider serving with his cousin, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba, a presidential aide in the first Roosevelt administration and later, a journalist and war correspondent for the London Standard during the Rif War in 1920 Spanish Morocco. He wrote for the London Daily Telegraph during World War I and during the Spanish Civil War.