Fergie Semple
title: "Fergie Semple" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1922-births", "2003-deaths", "people-educated-at-aberdeen-grammar-school", "alumni-of-the-university-of-aberdeen", "royal-engineers-officers", "members-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire", "recipients-of-the-military-cross", "special-air-service-officers", "british-army-personnel-of-world-war-ii", "british-army-brigadiers"] topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie_Semple" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific_prefix | Brigadier |
| name | Fergie Semple |
| honorific_suffix | |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| allegiance | United Kingdom |
| branch | British Army |
| serviceyears | 1942–1972 |
| rank | Brigadier |
| commands | Special Air Service |
| 131 Parachute Engineer Regiment | |
| 9 Independent Parachute Squadron (RE) | |
| battles | Second World War |
| awards | Member of the Order of the British Empire |
| Military Cross | |
| :: |
| honorific_prefix = Brigadier | name = Fergie Semple | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | placeofburial = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = 1942–1972 | rank = Brigadier | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = Special Air Service 131 Parachute Engineer Regiment 9 Independent Parachute Squadron (RE) | battles = Second World War | awards = Member of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross | relations = | laterwork = Brigadier Roderick Ferguson Semple, (26 January 1922 – 31 July 2003) was a British Army officer who served as Director SAS from 1969 to 1972.
Military career
Educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the University of Aberdeen, Semple was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1942. He served in the Second World War with the 6th Airborne Divisional Engineers creating Glider Landing Zones in the Airborne landings in Normandy in June 1944. He received the MC for this.
Semple commanded 9 Independent Parachute Squadron (RE) from 1957 to 1959. He went on to be chief of staff for 16 Parachute Brigade,
In retirement, Semple became Director-General of Administration in the Omani Department of Defence and a member of the Sultan's National Defence Council.
Family
Semple was married to Olivia; they had no children.
References
References
- (27 August 2003). "Obituary: Brigadier R F Semple". [[The Times]].
- {{London Gazette. (10 July 1942)
- Lowman, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank. "The 6th Airborne Divisional Engineers on D Day 1944". Pegasus archive.
- (26 July 2016). "Army Commands".
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