REGIMENTS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS, 1960-

1964-70:

In September 1964, one month before the Conservative Government was

replaced by a Labour Government, the Royal Anglian Regiment had been

formed by the merger of the 1st East Anglian Regiment, the 2

nd East Anglian

Regiment, the 3rd East Anglian Regiment with the Royal Leicestershire

Regiment as a three battalion regiment with 4th Battalion (Leicestershire) at

company strength.

The Labour Government continued this process with the formation of the

Royal Green Jackets in January 1966 at two battalion strength out of the former

three battalions of Green Jackets.

Queen’s Regiment was created in December 1966 with the amalgamation of the

Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment, the Queen’s Own Buffs (the Royal Kent

Regiment), the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment.

In April 1968 the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers as a three battalion regiment was

created through the amalgamation of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, the

Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

and the Lancashire Fusiliers

In May 1968 the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) disbanded.

In July 1968 the Royal Irish Rangers were formed as a two battalion regiment

through the amalgamation of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, the Royal Ulster

Rifles and the Royal Irish Fusiliers.

In the same month the three battalion Light Infantry was created through the

merger of the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, the King’s Own

Yorkshire Light Infantry, the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, and the

Durham Light Infantry.

In September 1968 the 2nd Battalion, 10

th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles

was disbanded.

In December 1968 the York and Lancaster Regiment was disbanded.

In March 1969 the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) were merged with the

Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) to form the Blues and Royals.

In June 1969 the Royal Regiment of Wales was created through the merger of

the South Wales Borderers and the Welch Regiment.

Also in June 1969 the 2nd Battalion of the 6

th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha

Rifles was disbanded.

In October 1969 the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) were created

through the merger of 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) and 11

th

Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own).

In December 1969 5th Royal Tank Regiment was disbanded.

In February 1970 the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment was

created through the merger of the Worcestershire Regiment and the Sherwood

Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Regiment.

In March 1970 the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment was created through the

merger of the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) and the

Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire).

1970-1972:

The Conservative Government elected in June 1970 inherited a programme of

reductions in the size and composition of the British Army decided under the

previous Labour Government and its Secretary of State for Defence, Denis

Healey. Although these had been predicated upon the decision to withdraw

British military commitments from “East of Suez” and had been also the result

of the economic and financial difficulties faced during the late 1960s the

reductions were a continuation of a programme begun under the Conservative

Government in 1957-58.

In June 1970 4th Battalion (Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex), Queen’s

Regiment was disbanded.

In August 1970 the 2nd Battalion, 7

th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles

wa disbanded.

The new government oversaw the reduction to company strength of a number of

Infantry battalions which had already been agreed:

August 1970: 1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment

October 1970: 4th Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment

January 1971: 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

March 1971: 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards

October 1971: 3rd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets

In July 1971 the amalgamation of the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) and the

3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales’s Own Dragoon Guards) to create the new Royal

Scots Dragoon Guards went ahead as planned.

However the escalation of “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland quickly led to the

reversal of most of the reductions in the Infantry:

In January 1972 the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, the 1st Battalion, Argyll and

Sutherland Highlanders, the 1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment and the

3rd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets were all restored to full strength. Only the 4

th

Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment was not so restored.

The net impact therefore was the loss of one R.A.C. and one infantry battalion.

1981-1987:

The Conservative Government responded to the pressures from China on the

Colony of Hong Kong to re-establish in October 1981 the 2nd Battalion, 7

th Duke

of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles.

Reduction in the perception of the threat to Hong Kong led to the disbandment

again of 2nd Battalion, 7

th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles in January

1987.

1992-1996:

The Conservative Government under the “Options for Change” programme of

reconstruction resulting from the perceptions of the end of the Cold War and the

reduction in the threat from the former Warsaw Pact and former Soviet

Government, from the reduction in the level of violence in Northern Ireland and

the end of the First Gulf War introduced the most sweeping changes to the British

Army in decades.

In July 1992 the 4th/7

th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5

th Royal Inniskilling

Dragoon Guards were amalgamated as the Royal Dragoon Guards. In the same

month the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment were merged

as the Royal Irish Regiment whilst, temporarily, retaining a two regular

battalion structure. And 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets was disbanded with

2nd Battalion renamed 1

st Battalion and 3

rd Battalion renamed 2

nd Battalion.

In August 1992 3rd Royal Tank Regiment was merged into 2

nd Royal Tank

Regiment. In the same month 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was

merged into 1st Battalion.

In September 1992 the Queen’s Regiment (with its three regular battaluions) and

Royal Hampshire Regiment amalgamated as Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment:

with a reduction from four battalions to two. In the same month the 2nd Battalion,

2nd King Edward’s Own Gurkha Rifles was disbanded.

In October 1992 the Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards/1st Dragoons (The

Blues and Royals) formed a union to create the Household Cavalry Regiment.

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment continued its separate existence.

In the same month 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment was merged with 1

st

and 2nd Battalions.

In December 1992 the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) and 14th/20

th

King’s Hussars amalgamated as King’s Royal Hussars; and 13th/18

th Royal

Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) and 15/19th King’s Royal Hussars amalgamated as

the Light Dragoons.

The programme of reductions continued through 1993 and 1994.

In February 1993 the 1st Battalion, Light Infantry was disbanded, 2

nd Battalion

was renamed 1st Battalion and 3

rd Battalion renamed 2

nd Battalion.

In June 1993 the 16th/5

th Queen’s Royal Lancers and the 17

th/21

st Lancers

amalgamated as the Queen’s Royal Lancers

In July 1993 4th Royal Tank Regiment merged with 1

st Royal Tank Regiment

In August 1993 the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment was disbanded and 2

nd

Battalion renamed 1st Battalion.

In September 1993 the Queen’s Own Hussars and Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars

amalgamated as the Queen’s Royal Hussars

In December 1993 the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards was placed in suspended

animation and the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards merged with 1

st Battalion.

In March 1994 the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal

Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) amalgamated as Royal Gloucestershire,

Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment

In July 1994 the Royal Gurkha Rifles formed by the amalgamation of the four

existing Gurkha regiments: 2nd King Edward’s Own Gurkha Rifles and the 6

th

Queen’s Own Gurkha Rifles (as 1st Battalion), the 7

th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own

Gurkha Rifles (as 2nd Battalion) and the 10

th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles

(as 3rd Battalion)

In August 1994 the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards was placed in suspended

animation.

In September 1994 the Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforths and Camerons) and

the Gordon Highlanders were amalgamated as The Highlanders.

Finally, two years later in November 1996 the 3rd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles

was amalgamated with the 2nd Battalion. These reductions in the Royal Gurkha

Rifles were determined by the return of Hong Kong to China.

In he space of two years (1992-1994) or four (if the 1996 reducton in the size of the

Royal Gurkha Rifles to battalions in 1996s taken into account):

10 R.A.C. regiments had been merged into 5, 2 more had ben united into one

Cavalry regiment and 2 regiments of the Royal Tank Regiment disbanded.

17 regiments had ceased to exist as independent command appointments and

replaced by 7. (Future changes would reduce the cavalry to 7 independent

regiments, p;us the Household Cavalry Regiment, the Household Cavalry

Mounted Regiment and 1st Royal Tank Regiment.)

In the Infantry 3 Guards battalions had effectively been disbanded, 6 regiments

had been merged into 3 with a reduction from 9 battalions to 5, 5 existing

regiments had lost one of its battalions, and the Royal Gurkha

Regiment had been reduced from 5 battalions, then to 4 and finally to 2.

The net effect of these sweeping changes was to reduce the size of the British

Army in dramatic fashion. In July 1992 the Regular Army had a strength of 8

Guards battalions, 42 Infantry battalions, 3 Parachute regiment and 5 Gurkha

battalions.

2006-2007:

The Labour Government undertook a major restructuring of the Infantry.

In March 2006 the six Scottish infantry regiments were merged into the new

Royal Regiment of Scotland. In August of the same year the Royal Scot and the

King’s Own Scottish Borderers were amalgamated as 1st Battalion (Royal

Scottish Borderers), Royal Regiment of Scotland. The remaining four Scottish

Infantry regiments preserved their titular existence as 2nd Battalion (Royal

Highland Fusiliers), 3rd Battalion (Black Watch), 4

th Battalion (The Highlanders)

and 5th Battalion (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). This therefore reduced

the number of regular Scottish infantry battalions from six to five.

Also in March 2006 the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Wales

were amalgamated as the Royal Welch but a a two battalion regiment as 1st and

2nd Battalions respectively.

In June 2006 the Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire, the Green

Howards and the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment were amalgamated as the

Yorkshire Regiment with the existing three battalions remaining intact as 1st, 2

nd

and 3rd Battalions respectively.

In July 2006 the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, the King’s Regiment and the

King’s Own Royal Border Regiment were amalgamated as the Duke of

Lancaster’s Regiment with the existing three battalions remaining intact as 1st,

2nd and 3

rd Battalions respectively.

In February 2007 the six battalions of the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry

(renamed as such from the former Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in July 2005),

the Royal Green Jackets, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire

Regiment and the Light Infantry were amalgamate as The Rifles but with a

reduction from six to five regular battalions: 1st Battalion (formed from the

Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry and the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire

and Wiltshire Regiment), 2nd Battalion (ex-1

st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets),

3rd Battalion (ex-2

nd Battalion, Light Infantry), 4

th Battalion (ex-2

nd Battalion,

Royal Green Jackets), and 5th Battalion (ex-1

st Battalion, Light Infantry).

In May 2007 3rd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (ex-1

st Battalion,

King’s Own Royal Border Regiment) was disbanded.

In September 2007 the Cheshire Regiment, the Worcestershire and Sherwood

Foresters Regiment, and the Staffordshire Regiment were merged as the

Mercian Regiment with the existing three battalions remaining intact as 1st, 2

nd

and 3rd Battalions respectively.

The net impact therefore was the loss of three infantry battalions.

2013>

The Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition Government (2010-2015) made the

most drastic set of change since “Options for Change” in the early 1990s.

In June 2013 the 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (Argyll and

Sutherland Highlanders) was reduced to company strength.

In July 2013 the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment was disbanded with 1

st

Battalion renamed 2nd Battalion and 3

rd Battalion renamed 1

st Battalion.

In April 2014 1st and 2

nd Battalions, Royal Welsh were merged as 1

st

Battalion.

In July 2014 3rd Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Staffordshire) was disbanded.

In August 2014 1st and 2

nd Battalions, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers were merged

as 1st Battalion. In the same month 1

st and 2

nd Royal

Tank Regiments were merged ast 1st Royal Tank Regiment.

In May 2015 Queen’s Royal Lancers and the 9th/12

th Royal Lancers (Prince of

Wales’s) were amalgamated as the Royal Lancers.

The net impact was therefore the loss of 2 R.A.C. regiments and 5 infantry

battalions.

The Regular Army in 2019 has a strength of 5 Guards battalions, 22 Infantry

Battalions, 3 Parachute regiments and 2 Gurkha battalions (although a third

Gurkha battalion is being recruited): half the size in 1992.

REGULAR REGIMENTAL COMMANDING OFFICERS, 1960-

Notes:

1) + promoted to Colonel; * promoted to Brigadier; ** promoted to general officer

2) It has not always been possible to identify the months of appointment or of leaving post

Index: page 128

(Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the Household Cavalry and Silver Stick

(until 2015):

Colonel the Marquess Douro: 1959-1960 *

Colonel the Hon. Julian Berry: April 1960-April 1964

Colonel David J. St.M. Tabor: April 1964-August 1966 **

Colonel Harry S. Hopkinson: November 1966-August 1969

Colonel Ian B. Baillie: August 1969-November 1972

Colonel H. Desmond A. Langley: November 1972-October 1975 **

Colonel James A.C.G. Eyre: October 1975-August 1978 **

Colonel Simon C. Cooper: September 1978-March 1981 **

Colonel Andrew J. Hartigan: March 1981-November 1982

Colonel James G. Hamilton-Russell: December 1982-January 1986

Colonel James B. Emson: January 1986-April 1987 *

Colonel Andrew H. Parker Bowles: April 1987-July 1990 *

Colonel Jeremy D. Smith-Bingham: August 1990-July 1993

Colonel Peter B. Rogers: July 1993-September 1997

Colonel P. Simon W.F. Falkner: September 1997-March 1999

Colonel W. Toby Browne: March 1999-December 2000

Colonel Hamon P.D. Massey: December 2000-May 2005

Colonel Patrick J. Tabor: May 2005-2009

Colonel W. Toby Browne: 2009-October 2010

Colonel Stuart H. Cowen: October 2010-May 2014

Major-General Sir Edward A. Smyth-

Osbourne: May 2014-March 2019 **

Colonel Crispin A. Lockhart: March 2019-

Life Guards:

1992: see below

Blues and Royals:

1969: merger of Royal Horse Guards and Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons)

1992: operational union with Life Guards to form Household Cavalry

Regiment and (existing) Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

Life Guards (until October 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel E. Muir Turnbull: November 1959-April 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Julian P. Fane: April 1962-May 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James W. Scott, Bt.: May 1964-October 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian B. Baillie: October 1966-May 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Desmond A. Langley: May 1969-September 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon E.M. Bradish-

Ellammes: December 1971-December 1973

Lieutenant Colonel Simon C. Cooper: December 1973-August 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J. Hartigan: August 1976-October 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur B.S.H. Gooch: October 1978-February 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James B. Emson: February 1981-July 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J. Earl: July 1983-November 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel V.Anthony L. Goodhew: June 1985-June 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James W.M. Ellery: June 1988-Decenber 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony P. de Ritter: December 1990-October 1992

Royal Horse Guards/1st Dragoons (The Blues and Royals) (from March 1969

until October 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Julian Berry: March 1958-March 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. St.M. Tabor: March 1960-June 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Harry S. Hopkinson: June 1962-December 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Roy M.F. Redgrave: December 1964-May 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark A.Q. Darley: May 1967-March 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M.H. Vickers: March 1969-December 1970 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James A.C. G. Eyre: December 1970-July 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel William S.H. Boucher: July 1973-October 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Pitman: October 1975-February 1978

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry O. Hugh Smith: February 1978-April 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James G. Hamilton-

Russell: April 1980-October 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy D. Smith-

Bingham: October 1982-April 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Hywel W.Davies: April 1985-August 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J. Sulivan: August 1987-January 1990 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter B. Rogers: January 1990-October 1992 +

1st Royal Dragoons (until March 1969):

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip B. Fielden: January 1959 -July 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth F. Timbrell: July 1961-July 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E. Worsley: July1963-Dcember 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter D. Reid: December 1965-January 1968 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M.H. Vickers: January 1968-March 1969 **

Household Cavalry Regiment (from October 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel P. Simon W.F. Falkner: October 1992–September 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William R. Rollo: September 1994-July 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Barney W.B. White-

Spunner: July 1996-November 1998 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J. Tabor: November 1998-May 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark C. Van Der

Lande: May 2001-July 2003 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles B.B. Clee: July 2003-July 2005 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward A. Smyth-

Osbourne: July 2005-April 2008 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry R.D. Fullerton: April 2008-January 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James P. Eyre: January 2011-December 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis James: December 2013-January 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward P.W. Hayward: January 2016-April 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark S.P. Berry: April 2018-

Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment:

Lieutenant-Colonel Roy M.F. Redgrave: 1963-1964 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark A.Q. Darley: 1964-May 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James W. Scott, Bt.: May 1967-October 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis J. Daly: October 1969-September 1972

Lieutenant-Colonel William R. Edgedale: October 1972-October 1975

Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor C. Morris: October 1975-July 1978

Lieutenant-Colonel James G. Hamilton-

Russell: August 1978-April 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian L. Lockhart: April 1980-July 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew H. Parker

Bowles: July 1981-July 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. D’Oyly: July 1983-March 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour V. Gilbart-

Denham: March 1986-June 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Morrisey-

Paine: June 1987-March 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon T.R. Birdwood: March 1990-September 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Hamon P.D. Massey: September 1992–September 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Toby Browne: September 1994-November 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Harry S.J. Scott: November 1996-March 1999

Lieutenant-Colonel N.Mark A. Ridley: April 1999-November 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph R.D. Griffin: September 2006-July 2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Crispin A. Lockhart: July 2008-November 2010 +

Lieutenant- Colonel Stuart H. Cowen: November 2001-February 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Valentine de la F.

Woyka: April 2004-September 2006

Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel E. Hughes: November 2010-January 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul A. Bedford: January 2013-June 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel James D.A. Gaselee: June 2015-August 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J. Williams: August 2018-

1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards:

1959: merger of 1st King’s Dragoon Guards and 2

nd Dragoon Guards

1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel Jack W. Harman: January 1960-June 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter R. Body: June 1962-1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas W. Muir: December 1964-April 1967 +

Lieutenant-Colonel George N. Powell: April 1967-September 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Lidsey: September 1969-October 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice R. Johnston: October 1971-November 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin C. Middleton: November 1973-October 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W. Ward: October 1975-December 1977 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John I. Pocock: December 1977-June 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles H. Bond: June 1980-December 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J.Gordon G. de P.

Ferguson: December 1982-March 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Eric J.K.O’Brien: March 1985-October 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael G. Boissard: October 1987-April 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher D.

Mackenzie-Beevor: April 1990-September 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark R.M. Eliot: September 1992-October 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Hamish L.A. Macdonald:October 1994-February 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon V. Mayall: February 1997-January 1999 **

Lieutenant-Colonel, Patrick J. Andrews: January 1999-2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert T. Baldwin: 2001-2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy R.Wilson: 2003-July 2005 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J. Pittman: July 2005-July 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan S. Richmond: September 2007-April 2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jasper J. De Quincey-

Adams: April 2010-October 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William H.L. Davies: October 2012-2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel B. Duff: 2015-2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Justin G.E. Stenhouse: 2017-December 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugo T. Lloyd: December 2019-

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards:

1971: merger of Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) and 3

rd Carabiniers

(Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards)

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (from July 1971; Royal Scots Greys until July

1971):

Lieutenant-Colonel Aidan M. Sprot: July 1959-January 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Balharrie: January 1962 –February 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Guy P.M.C. Wheeler: February 1964-May 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Stanier: May 1966-October 1968 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael D. Blacklock: October 1968-July 1971

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J. Bateman: July 1971-June 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Norman S. Arthur: June 1972-November 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen R.A. Stopford: November 1974-January 1977 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A. Ramsay: January 1977-July 1979 **

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Roland S. Notley: July 1979-January 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus E.C. Coombs: January 1982-June 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan M.F.C. Hall: June 1984-November 1986 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Melville S. Jameson: November 1986-December 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John F.B. Sharples: December 1988-April 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas D.A. Seymour: April 1991-April 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon R.B. Allen: April 1993-August 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Austen B. Ramsden: August 1995-November 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M. Phillips: December 1997-2000

Lieutenant-Colonel H. David Allfrey: 2000-September 2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh H. Blackman: September 2002-August 2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin P. Edwards: August 2004-August 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Felix G. Gedney: August 2006-2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan U. Biggart: 2009-June 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan G.E. Bartholomew: June 2011-October 2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin J. Cattermole: October 2013-January 2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Dominic C.D. Coombes: January 2016-July 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Fraser S. McLeman: July 2018-

3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards) (until July 1971):

Lieutenant-Colonel J.M. Ashton: June 1958-March 1960 +

Lieutenant-Colonel George P. Badham: March 1960-July 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward I. Stanford: July 1962-January 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel William R.B. Allen: January 1965-June 1967 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry S.L. Dalzell-Payne: June 1967-January 1970 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J. Bateman: January 1970-July 1971

Royal Dragoon Guards:

1992: merger of 4th/7

th Royal Dragoon Guards and 5

th Royal Inniskilling

Dragoon Guards

4th/7

th Royal Dragoon Guards (until July 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel J.R. Gordon: August 1959-February 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Rollo S. Pain: February 1962-1964 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael C. Barraclough:February 1962-February 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert C. Ford: February 1966-November 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel T. Bagnall: November 1967-October 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Reynell Taylor: October 1969-November 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E. Holy-Hasted:November 1971-March 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Baddeley: March 1974-March 1976*

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony R.G. Mullens:` March 1976-March 1978 **

Lieutenant-Colonel William A Le Blanc-

Smith:March 1978-March 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles T.I. Wright: March 1981-June 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A.M. Gilruth: June 1983-December 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Clendon D. Daukes: December 1985-March 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Ian Talbot: March 1988-November 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles J.G. Thwaites: November 1990-July 1992

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (until July 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel Harry C. Walker: May 1960-September 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin S.Murray: September 1962-May 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry G. Woods: May 1965-October 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Guy L. Wathen: October 1967-April 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Taylor: April 1970-October 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard C. Keightley: October 1972-March 1975 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick G. Brooking: March 1975-October 1977 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas G.P. Ansell: October 1977-January 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Andrew Evans; January 1980-August 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Water J. Courage: August 1982-November 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick A.J. Cordingley: December 1984-November 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian R. Anderson: November 1987-September 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Montgomery: September 1990-July 1992 *

Royal Dragoon Guards (from July 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel E. John Torrens-Spence: August 1992-August 1994 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark W.B. Faulkner: August 1994-December 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A.P. Cary: December 1996-December 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas C.T. Millen: Decenber 1998-November 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas C.C. Freeman: November 2001-December 2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan N.A. Cray: December 2003-October 2005

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy D. Hyams: October 2005-September 2008 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James S.A. Carr-Smith: September 2008-December 2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. James Piggott: December 2010-July 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas J. Bateman: July 2013-November 2015 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James J.S. Lane: November 2015-April 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin K. Watts: April 2018-October 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Dominic R.T. Davey: October 2019-

Queen’s Royal Hussars:

1993: merger of Queen’s Own Hussars and Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars

(Queen’s Own Hussars:

1959: merger of 3rd King’s Own Hussars and 7

th Queen’s Own

Hussars

Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars:

October 1958: merger of 4th Queen’s Own Hussars and 8

th King’s

Royal Irish Hussars)

Queen’s Own Hussars (until September 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel David H. Davies: December 1958-February 1961 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus Fox: February 1961-September 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J. Howard-

Dobson: September 1963-September 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Michael L. Hogge: September 1965-September 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin M. Carnegie: September 1967-August 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael B. Pritchard: August 1969-November 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Venner: November 1971-May 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James W.F. Rucker: May 1974-November 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin D.H.H. Greenwood: November 1976-April 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh M. Sandars: April 1979-February 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy J.J. Phipps: February 1982-July 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.M. Jenkins: July 1984-March 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard S. Fox: March 1987-October 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W.M. Carter: October 1989-March 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R. Bromley-

Gardner: March 1992–August 1993 +

Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars (until September 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel W. George O. Butler: October 1958-October 1960 *

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Timothy Pierson: October 1960-January 1963 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Strawson: January 1963-March 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John T. Paley: March 1965-September 1968 *

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Kenneth Bidie: September 1968-May 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher D.B.

Troughton: May 1970-May 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian R. O’Rorke: May 1972-May 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian L.G. Kenny: May 1974-September 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard S. Webster: September 1976-March 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin J. Rhoderick-

Jones: March 1979-October 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E. Barron: October 1981-March 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen R. Daniell: March 1984-September 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles D. Lowther,

Bt.: September 1986-April 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur G. Denaro: April 1989-December 1991 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew N. Bellamy: December 1991-September 1993 +

Queen’s Royal Hussars (from September 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew N. Bellamy: September 1993-April 1994 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel Q.W. Beer: April 1994-August 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas G. Smith: September 1996-August 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher H. Vernon: August 1998-November 2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.L. Swann: November 2000-November 2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew C. Cuthbert: November 2002-November 2004+

Lieutenant-Colonel David H. Labouchere: November 2004-2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher M.B. Coles: 2007–November 2009 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian S. Mortimer: November 2009-May 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Howard: May 2012-September 2014 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander J.H. Porter: September 2014-March 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas D.G. Cowley: March 2017-July 2019 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James T. Shann: July 2019-

Royal Lancers:

2015: merger of Queen’s Royal Lancers and 9th/12

th Royal Lancers (Prince of

Wales’s)

(Queen’s Royal Lancers:

1993: merger of 16th/5

th Queen’s Royal Lancers and 17

th/21st

Lancers

9th/12

th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s):

September 1960: merger of 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers and 12

th

Royal Lancers)

16th/5

th Queen’s Royal Lancers(until June 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. Simpson: April 1959-October 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter C. Bull: October 1961-January 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Holland: January 1964-July 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry A.G. Brooke: July 1966-March 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John L. Pownall: March 1969-September 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alistair W. Dennis: September 1971-January 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Q.M. Morris: January 1974-December 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Nicholas C.L.

Vivian: December 1976-August 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles J. Radford: August 1979-February 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Wright: February 1982-October 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek M. O’Callaghan: October 1984-October 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark F.C. Radford: October 1986-February 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul E. Scott: February 1989-August 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter M. Campbell: August 1991-June 1993

17th/21

st Lancers (until June 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard G.

Satterthwaite: December 1958-December 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert D.A. Renton: December 1961-October 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H.A. Cockburn: October 1963-1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard L.C. Tamplin: 1966-April 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P.M. Mulloy: April 1968-September 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Turner: September 1970-March 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur R. Douglas-

Nugent: March 1973-June 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel M. Still: June 1975-March 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Shaun Longsdon: March 1977-March 1979

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard H. Swinburn: March 1979-November 1981 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian G. Hamilton-

Russell: November 1981-April 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald I.S. Purbrick: April 1984-August 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Hurrell: August 1985-January 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew A.J.R. Cumming: January 1988-March 1990 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert D.S. Gordon: March 1990-March 1992 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. McKenzie-

Johnston: March 1992-1993

Queen’s Royal Lancers (from June 1993 until May 2015):

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. McKenzie

Johnston: June 1993-July 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Alick I. Finlayson: July 1994-July 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Rudi N. Wertheim: July 1996-June 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick C. Marriott: July 1998-September 2000 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Everard: September 2000-2002 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles S. Fattorini: 2002-July 2004 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew G. Hughes: July 2004-July 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard B. Nixon-

Eckersall: July 2006-2008 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Todd: 2008-2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel J. Best: 2011-2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Julian N.E. Buczacki: 2013-May 2015

9th/12

th Royal Lancers (until May 2015):

Lieutenant-Colonel S. Martin O’H. Abraham:September 1960-1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Thomson-Glover: June 1962-July 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel John (Robin) M.

Brockbank: July 1964-August 1966 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael ff. Woodhead: August 1966-August 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Michael G. Swindells:August 1969-February 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David S.H.L. Maitland-

Titterton: February 1972-May 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Vere-Laurie: May 1974-January 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh W.K. Pye: January 1977-July 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Peter H. Lewis: July 1979-January 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel L.J. Richard Nash: January 1982-October 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert M. Readhead: October 1984-April 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin V. Searby: April 1987-October 1989 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh T. Dickens: October 1989-April 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel James H.T. Short: April 1992-April 1994 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin J. Rutledge: April 1994-April 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas C. Everard: April 1996-July 1998

Lieutenant-Colonel James R. St.D.

Mackaness: July 1998-January 2001 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James M. Martin: January 2001-January 2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A. Charrington: February 2003-May 2005 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W.N. Crewdson: May 2005-April 2007

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy P. Robinson: April 2007-July 2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel William J.O. Fooks: July 2009-February 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard O. Slack: February 2012-September 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus J. Mudd: September 2014-May 2015 +

Royal Lancers (from May 2015):

Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus J. Mudd: May 2015-February 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry L. Searby: February 2017-February 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Adam N.B. Foden: February 2019-

King’s Royal Hussars:

1992: merger of Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) and 14th/20

th King’s

Hussars

(Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own):

October 1969: merger of 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own

and 11th Hussars)

10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own):

Lieutenant-Colonel John M.D. Ward-

Harrison: June 1959-April 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel William S.P. Lithgow: April 1962-July 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Willis: July 1965-March 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard C. Greenwood: March 1968-October 1969 +

11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own):

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Anthony N. Crankshaw:October 1958-April 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip D.S. Lauder: April 1961-November 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard D. Sutton: November 1963-August 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas A. Hall: August 1965-March 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter M. Hamer: March 1966-September 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive H. Robertson: September 1968-October 1969 +

Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) (from October 1969 until December 1992)

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive H. Robertson: October 1969-March 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Piers H. Bengough: March 1971-April 1973

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel C.P. Winter: April 1973-October 1975

Lieutenant-Colonel John P.W. Friedberger: October 1975-February 1978 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Eric M. Westropp: February 1978-June 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Hayman-Joyce: June 1980-October 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Euan C.W. Morrison: October 1982-May 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Christopher P.

Thompson, Bt.: May 1985-November 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Morris: November 1987-July 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John R.D. Kaye: July 1990-December 1992

14th/20

th King’s Hussars (until December 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward G.W.T. Walsh: February 1959-July 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert A.L.C. Talbot: July 1961-June 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon R.M. Frazer: June 1964-October 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter B. Cavendish: November 1966-June 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Michael Palmer: June 1969-January 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas G. Williams: January 1972-July 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Stockton: July 1974-January 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Pharo-Tomlin: January 1977-July 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel L. De Beaujeu: July 1979-January 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Harman: January 1982-July 1984

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Smales: July 1984-January 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher K. Price: January 1987-November 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J.H. Vickery: November 1989-June 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.B. Woodd: June-December 1992 +

King’s Royal Hussars (from December 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.B. Woodd: December 1992-May 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Richard D. Shirreff: May 1994-May 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian J. Bradshaw: May 1996-August 1998 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan J. Powe: August 1998-January 2001 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy C. Allen: January 2001-January 2003 *

Lieutenant-Colonel S. Toby W. Bridge: January 2003-2005 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Nicholas N. Orr: 2005–February 2008 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles R.M. Harrison: February 2008-June 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander T.L. Potts: June 2010-April 2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Justin J. Kingsford: April 2013-2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James D.H. Porter: 2015-August 2017 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Angus M.A. Tilney: August 2017-

Light Dragoons:

1992: merger of 13th/18

th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) and 15

th/19

th

King’s Royal Hussars

13th/18

th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) (until December 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas H.E. Coker: May 1959-June 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Stuart R. Watson: June 1962-April 1964 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip B. Tillard: April 1964-June 1966 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger S. Beresford: July 1966-1968

Lieutenant-Colonel John R.L. Howard: 1968-December 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.M. Ansell: December 1970-April 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David A.G. Edelsten: April 1973-January 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. St.J. Loftus: January 1976-September 1978

Lieutenant-Colonel George McL. Stephen: September 1978-November 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J.W. Ffrench-

Blake: November 1981-August 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick A. Cordy-

Simpson: August 1983-April 1986 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward L. Yorke: April 1986-November 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Allan L. Mallinson: November 1988-May 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew R.E. de C.

Stewart: May 1991-December 1992 **

15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars (until December 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Michael Barton: January 1959-June 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel A. George Lewis: June 1961-April 1963 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Hodgson: April 1963-October 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel John R.D. Sharpe: October 1965-January 1968 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Inglis: February 1968-May 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Simon F. Murray: May 1970-March 1973

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A. Coxwell-

Rogers: March 1973-March 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert H.G. McCarthy: March 1976-April 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel C.Anthony G.Wells: April 1978-December 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James S. Knox: December 1980-May 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter V. Hervey: May 1983-November 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel D.Stewart Balmain: November 1985-July 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel Tresham D. Gregg: July 1988-January 1991 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher H.

Braithwaite: January 1991-December 1992

Light Dragoons (from December 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew R.E. de C. Stewart: December 1992-November 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert I. Webb-Bowen: November 1993-January 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J. Checketts: January 1996 –December 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Rutherford-

Jones: December 1997-1999 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon R. Levey: 1999-June 2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David R. Amos: June 2002-July 2004

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin C. Matthews: July 2004-September 2006

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Angus Watson: September 2006-January 2009 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Angus G.C. Fair: January 2009-August 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel J. Plant: August 2011-December 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James M. Senior: December 2013-August 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin M.J. Cossens: August 2016-March 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas R.M. Robinson: March 2019-

Royal Tank Regiment:

(1959-60: 6th Royal Tank Regiment absorbed by 3

rd Royal Tank Regiment

7th Royal Tank Regiment absorbed by 4

th Royal Tank Regiment

8th Royal Tank regiment absorbed by 5

th Royal Tank Regiment

1969: 5th Royal Tank Regiment disbanded

1992: 3rd Royal Tank Regiment absorbed by 2

nd Royal Tank Regiment

1993: 4th Royal Tank Regiment absorbed by 1

st Royal Tank Regiment

2014: 1st Royal Tank Regiment and 2

nd Royal Tank Regiment merged)

1st Royal Tank Regiment:

Lieutenant-Colonel Tresham D. Gregg: February 1959-August 1961 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Masters: September 1961-1963 *

Lientenant-Colonel Richard E. Simpkin: 1963-March 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Laurie W.G. Gingell: March 1966-October 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian H. Baker: October 1967-December 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon J. Beardsworth: December 1969-February 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Maxwell: February 1972-February 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony K.F. Walker: February 1974-August 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David L. Lewis: August 1976-March 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A.S. Jeremy Blacker: March 1979-August 1981 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Seymour: August 1981-February 1984

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael I. Keun: February 1984-August 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark J.H. Goodson: August 1986-January 1989

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy E. Hall: January 1989-August 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian G.R. Carroll: August 1991-July 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Gilchrist: July 1993-October 1995 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian J. Rodley: October 1995-October 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Eccles: October 1997-2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher M. Deverell:2000-2002 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J. Kidd: 2002–July 2004

Lieutenant-Colonel Hamish S. De Bretton-

Gordon: July 2004-August 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian J. Gibb: September 2006-February 2009 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin J. Thompson: January 2009-July 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M. Britton: July 2011-September 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J. Cowey: September 2013-April 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon A. Ridgway: April 2016-October 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Howard: November 2018-

2nd Royal Tank Regiment (until August 2014):

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick R.C. Hobart: February 1958-August 1960 **

Lieutenant-Colonel A.R.E. Davis: August 1960-April 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John G.R. Allen: April 1963-June 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas W.A. Ambidge: June 1965-1967

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas S.M. Welch: 1967-July 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey L.D. Duckworth:July 1970-March 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Evans: March 1973-May 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith R. Ecclestone: May 1975-January 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter D. Bentley: January 1977-February 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William S. Bale: February 1979-November 1980

Lieutenant-Colonel David A. Williams: November 1980-July 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W.M. McAfee: July 1982-December 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J.A.

Hammerbeck: December 1984-July 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Lloyd-Edwards:July 1987-April 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew C.I. Gadsby: April 1988-March 1991 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A. David Leakey: March 1991-July 1993 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen J.B. White: July 1993-July 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel R.F. Aylwin-Foster:July 1995-August 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon Caraffi: September 1997-January 2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J. Allison: January 2000-March 2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Piers D.P. Hankinson: March 2002–April 2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Patterson: April 2004-April 2006 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David A. Catmur: April 2006–January 2008+

Lieutenant-Colonel T. Marcus L. Simson: January 2008–April 2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus H. Evans: April 2010–May 2012 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jason M. Williams: April 2012-May 2014 +

3rd Royal Tank Regiment (until August 1992)

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E. Ward: July 1957-October 1959 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A.L. Vaux: October 1959-September 1960 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Allan McN.Taylor: September 1960-1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Barras: 1962-April 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David T. Grantham: April 1964–September 1966 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A. Sanders: September 1966-March 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M. Jerram: March 1969-September 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John G.R. Dixon: September 1971-December 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gregory Read: December 1973-August 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Christopher J. Dick: August 1976-October 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Allen: October 1978-March 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard S. Evans: March 1981-June 1983

Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodward: June 1983-January 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Napper: January 1986-July 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel Rodney W. Brummitt: July 1988-March 1991 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew P. Ridgway: March 1991–August 1992 **

4th Royal Tank Regiment (until July 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas S. Craig: February 1960-July 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Brian C. Watkins: July 1962-June 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Cowgill: June 1964-January 1967 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger B.C. Plowden: January 1967-June 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin H. Sinnatt: June 1969-October 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Laurence A.W. New: October 1971-November 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David Sands: November 1973-January 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas H. Cocking: January 1976-August 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Rose: August 1978-February 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip J. Sanders: February 1981-August 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Hedley D.C. Duncan: August 1983-December 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Douglas Cantley: December 1985-May 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles J. McBean: May 1988-November 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin N.E. Speller: November 1990–July 1993 *

5th Royal Tank Regiment (disbanded in November 1969):

Lieutenant-Colonel Allan McN. Taylor: November 1959-June 1960 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugo C.W. Ironside: July 1960-January 1961*

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward W. Anstey: February 1961-July 1963 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter E. Dey: July 1963-February 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Roy L.C. Dixon: February 1966-January 1968 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard G. Lawson: January 1968-November 1969 **

Grenadier Guards:

1961: 3rd Battalion disbanded

1994: 2nd Battalion disbanded

(Lieutenant)-Colonel Commanding, Grenadier Guards:

Colonel Alexander M.H. Gregory-Hood: January 1959-January 1961

Colonel Anthony G. Way: January 1961-August 1964

Colonel Francis J. Jefferson: August 1964-December 1966

Colonel Alan N. Breitmeyer: December 1966-July 1969 *

Colonel Peter G.A. Prescott: July 1969-September 1970

Colonel David W. Hargreaves: September 1970-April 1973

Colonel Nicholas Hales-Pakenham-Mahon; April 1973-April 1976

Colonel Greville W. Tufnell: April 1976-September 1978

Colonel David V. Fanshawe: September 1978-August 1980

Colonel David H.C. Gordon-Lennox: April 1980-November 1982

Colonel Andrew T.W. Duncan: November 1982-December 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Heroys: January 1987-December 1986

Major-General Bernard C. Gordon-Lennox: January 1987-March 1995

Major-General Evelyn J. Webb-Carter: April 1995-July 2000

Colonel Edward T. Bolitho: July 2000-December 2006

Brigadier David J.H. Maddan: January 2007-June 2012

Lieutenant-General Sir George P.R. Norton: Jne 2012–June 2017

Major-General C. Roland V. Walker: June 2017-

1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Fraser: June 1960-August 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John F.D. Johnston: August 1962-July 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael S. Bayley: July 1964-October 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Hargreaves: October 1966-July 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Hales-

Pakenham-Mahon: July 1969-August 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Greville W. Tufnell: August 1971-January 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard C. Gordon-

Lennox: January 1974-January 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David H.C. Gordon-

Lennox: January 1976-January 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael F. Hobbs: January 1978-April 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John Baskervyle-Glegg: April 1980-September 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Heroys: September 1982-April 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel Evelyn J. Webb-Carter: April 1985-April 1988 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Euan H. Houstoun: April 1988-August 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert G. Cartwright: August 1990-December 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward T. Bolitho: December 1993-May 1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Patrick Hargreaves: May 1995-May 1997

Lieutenant-Colonel A. David Hutchison: May 1997-2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.H. Maddan: 2000-2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel George P.R. Norton: 2002-2004 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.C. Russell-

Parsons: 2004-September 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A.G. Carew Hatherley: September 2006-January 2009

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Roland V. Walker: January 2009-July 2011 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James M.H. Bowder: July 2011-2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles L.

Broughton: 2013-February 2016

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander J. McKay: February 2016-February 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Piers L. Ashfield: February 2018-

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards (until August 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony G. Heywood: March 1960-February 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis J. Jefferson: March 1962-August 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan N. Breitmeyer: August 1964-November 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter G.A. Prescott: November 1966-May 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip H. Haslett: May 1969-November 1971

Lieutenant-Colonel John R.S. Besley: November 1971-January 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel David V. Franshawe: January 1974-June 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Dermot H. Blundell-

Hollinshead-Blunell: June 1976-November 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M.L. Smith: November 1978-March 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony A. Denison-

Smith: March 1981-August 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John V.E.F. O’Connell: August 1983-October 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel A.J.Charles Woodrow: October 1985-March 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M.H. Joscelyne: March 1988-September 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald F. Lesinski: October 1990-October 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E.H. Aubrey-

Fletcher: October 1992-August 1994

Coldstream Guards:

1959: 3rd Battalion disbanded

1993: 2nd Battalion disbanded

(Lieutenant)-Colonel Commanding, Coldstream Guards:

Colonel Richard J.V. Crichton: September 1959-October 1961

Colonel Robert C. Windsor-Clive: October 1961-April 1964 *

Colonel Sir Jeffrey L. Darell, Bt.: April-October 1964 *

Colonel David A.H. Toler: October 1964-November 1965

Colonel Alan B. Pemberton: November 1965-March 1967

Colonel Sir Ian L. Jardine, Bt.: March 1967-September 1969 *

Colonel Edward T. Smyth-Osbourne: September 1969-August 1972

Colonel Everard I. Windsor-Clive: August 1972-July 1975

Colonel Michael A.P. Mitchell: July 1975-August 1978

Colonel Peter G.S. Tower: August 1978-February 1981 *

Colonel Martin W.F. Maxse: February 1981-April 1984

Colonel H. Malcolm C. Havergal: April 1984-December 1986

Colonel Sir Brian W. de S. Barttelot, Bt.: December 1986-July 1992

Brigadier Richard J. Heywood: July 1992-January 2002

Brigadier Jonathan J.S. Bourne-May: January 2002-February 2012

Brigadier Greville K. Bibby: February 2012-May 2015

Brigadier Robin C.N. Sergeant: May 2015-May 2018

Colonel Toby P.O. Till: May 2018-

1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Younger: April 1959-June 1961 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald J.D.E. Buckland: June 1961-May 1963 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan B. Pemberton: May 1963-October 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward T. Smyth-

Osbourne: October 1965-February 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Patrick W. MacLellan:February 1968-April 1970 **

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Michael E. Hicks: April 1970-July 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter G.S. Tower: July 1972-January 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter E.W. Gibbs: January 1975-July 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin W.F. Maxse: July 1977-January 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John J.P.Pope: January 1980-July 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Brian W. de S.

Barttelot, Bt.:July 1982-February 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel R. John S. Wardle: February 1985-August 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward B.L. Armitstead:August 1987-March 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian H. McNeil: March 1990-August 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter G. Williams: August 1992-August 1994 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh G.R. Boscawen: August 1994-October 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James J.C. Bucknall: October 1996-November 1998 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan J.S. Bourne-

May: November 1998-2001

Lieutenant-Colonel Greville K. Bibby: 2001-2003 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas B. Henderson: 2003-February 2006

Lieutenant-Colonel George C.C. Waters: February 2006-May 2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Toby W. Gray: May 2008-May 2010

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin C.N. Sergeant: May 2010-December 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Toby P.O. Till: December 2012-2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James H.F. Thurstan: 2015-December 2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Edwyn N. Launders: December 2017-

2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (until December 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry K. Sweeting: March 1958-March 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel Julian T. Paget: March 1960-September 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel David A.H. Toler: September 1962-August 1964 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ian L. Jardine, Bt.: August 1964-January 1967 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Everard I. Windsor-

Clive: January 1967-July 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin S. Wallis-King: July 1969-January 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis H.A. Lewey: January 1972-February 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. H.E. Christopher

Willoughby: February 1974-July 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Malcolm C. Havergal:July 1976-January 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William E.

Rous: January 1979-March 1981 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Macfarlane: March 1981-September 1983

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Heywood: September 1983-December 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Myles R. Frisby: December 1985-July 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R.L. Lomer: July 1988- November 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony R. Biggs: November 1990–July 1993 +

Scots Guards:

1993: 2nd Battalion disbanded

(Lieutenant-) Colonel Commanding:

Colonel Earl Cathcart: December 1959-September 1962 **

Colonel Adrian J.C. Seymour: September 1962-August 1964

Colonel George P.M. Ramsay: August 1964-July 1967

Colonel Archibald I.D. Fletcher: July 1967-July 1970

Colonel John Swinton: July 1970-December 1971 **

Colonel Sir Gregor MacGregor of

MacGregor, Bt.: December 1971-December 1974

Colonel Murray P. de Klee: December 1974-March 1978

Colonel Iain A. Ferguson: March 1978-June 1981

Colonel James A. Dunsmure: June 1981-April 1985

Colonel John M. Clavering: April 1985-March 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael G.L. Whiteley: March 1987-January 1989

Brigadier Michael I.E. Scott: January 1989-January 1993

Brigadier Antony (Kim) G. Ross: January 1993-January 1995

Major-General John P. Kiszely: January 1995-February 2001

Major-General John T. Holmes: February 2001-July 2006

Colonel Alastair D. Mathewson: July 2006-July 2011

Brigadier G. Harry F.S. Nickerson: July 2011-

1st Battalion, Scots Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William E.H.

Lawson: December 1959-January 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles J.R. Duffin: January 1962-April 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald I.D. Fletcher: April 1963-April 1966 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gregor MacGregor

of MacGregor, Bt.: April 1966-April 1969 *-

Lieutenant-Colonel Murray P. de Klee: April 1969-October 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Mayfield: October 1971-May 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Airy: May 1974-September 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark M. Carnegie-Brown: September 1976-January 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Thomas P.J.

Boyd-Carpenter: January 1979-May 1981 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian W. McLaughlan: May 1981-July 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony (Kim) G. Ross: July 1983-January 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Kiszely: January 1986-October 1988 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John J. Cargill: October 1988-December 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy S. Spicer: December 1991-December 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas M. Fitzalan-

Howard: December 1993-December 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald J. Miller-

Bakewell: December 1994-January 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Stewart: January 1997-July 1999

Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair D. Mathewson: July 1999-2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark G. Bence-Trower: 2001-2004

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Harry F.S. Nickerson:2004-June 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William H.C. Swinton: June 2006-December 2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Lincoln P.M. Jopp: December 2008-June 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert M. Howieson: June 2011-2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Bell: 2013-July 2015 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert E.C. Kitching: July 2015-August 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel James D.L. Leask: August 2018-

2nd Battalion, Scots Guards (reduced to company strength from March 1971

until January 1972; until December 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian J.C. Seymour: February 1958-January 1960 +

Lieutenant-Colonel George P. Burnett: January 1960-June 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel George P.M. Ramsay: June 1962-June 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Michael Gow: June 1964-March 1966 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John Swinton: March 1966-March 1968 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John H.B. Acland: July 1968-March 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel T. Anthony Boam: January 1972-May 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Dunsmure: May 1974-September 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Murray Naylor: September 1976-May 1979 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Clavering: May 1979-October 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael I.E. Scott: October 1981-April 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Iain C. Mackay-Dick: April 1983-October 1985 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Julian A.S. Lancaster: October 1985-April 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas V. Erskine Crum: April 1988-September 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas M. Fitzalan-

Howard: September 1991-December 1993 +

(Lieutenant)-Colonel Commanding, Irish Guards:

Colonel Henry L.S. Young: April 1959-June 1961

Colonel James W. Berridge: June 1961-April 1964

Colonel Michael J.P. O’Cock: April 1964-January 1966 *

Colonel C. William D. Harvey-Kelly: January 1966-January 1969

Colonel J. Anthony Aylmer: January 1969-June 1972

Colonel John G.F. Head: June 1972-April 1973

Colonel John N. Ghika: April 1973-April 1976 *

Colonel Giles A. Allan: April 1976-January 1979

Colonel Richard T.P. Hume: February 1979-September 1981

Colonel James H. Baker: September 1981-July 1985

Colonel Sir William W.Mahon, Bt.: July 1985-July 1988

Brigadier Robert J.S. Corbett: July 1988-March 1991 **

Brigadier David B.W. Webb-Carter: March 1991-November 1995

Brigadier R. Christopher Wolverson: December 1995-July 1999

Major-General Sebastian J.L. Roberts: July 1999-March 2008

Major-General Sir William G. Cubitt: March 2008-March 2012

General Sir Mark A.P. Carleton-Smith: March 2012-

1st Battalion, Irish Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J.P. O’Cock: December 1959-September 1961 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Stephen Langton: September 1961-January 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel C.William D. Harvey-

Kelly: January 1964-January 1966 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J.Anthony Aylmer: February 1966-June 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John G.F. Head: June 1968-August 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Anthony Plummer: August 1970-August 1972 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles A. Allan: August 1972-September 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard T.P. Hume: September 1974-January 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Baker: January 1977-March 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David B.W. Webb-Carter:March 1979-August 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J.S. Corbett: August 1971-January 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colean Sean G. O’DWyer: January 1984-July 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry R.G. Wilson: July 1986-December 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian W.F.Holt: July 1986=December 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher R. Langton; December 1988-December 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Sebastian J.L. Roberts: July 1993-February 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James H. O’H. Pollock: February 1996-December 1998 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William G. Cubitt: December 1998-March 2001 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James R.H. Stopford: March 2001-March 2003 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P.H. Knaggs: March 2003-February 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael G.C. O’Dwyer: February 2006-April 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin C. Farrell: April 2008-April 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Ghika: April 2010-May 2012 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward T. Boanas: May 2012-December 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel I. Alexander J. Turner: December 2014-March 2017 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan A.E. Palmer: March 2017-September 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert P.Money: September 2019-

(Lieutenant)-Colonel Commanding, Welsh Guards:

Colonel Henry C.L. Dimsdale: July 1957-July 1960

Colonel Charles A. la T. Leatham: July 1960-November 1964

Colonel Mervyn C. Thursby-Pelham: November 1964-June 1967 *

Colonel Vivian G. Wallace: June 1967-September 1972

Colonel James W.T. Malcolm: September 1972-September 1976

Colonel Michael R. Lee: September 1976-June 1978 *

Colonel Samuel C.C. Gaussen: June 1978-November 1982

Colonel David R.P. Lewis: November 1982-March 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles J. Dawnay: March 1987-January 1989

Brigadier John F. Rickett: January 1989-December 1994

Major-General Christopher F. Drewry: December 1994-January 2000 **

Major-General C. Redmond Watt: January 2000-November 2005 **

Colonel Alexander J.E. Malcolm: November 2005-June 2010

Major-General Robert H. Talbot Rice: June 2010-July 2015

Major-General Richard J.A. Stanford: July 2015-

1st Battalion, Welsh Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Miller: November 1958-March 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian G. Wallace: March 1961-June 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter R. Leuchars: August 1963-September 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip J.N. Ward: September 1965-January 1968 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Newton Webb-Bowen: January 1968-March 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel James W.T. Malcolm: March 1970-July 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R. Lee: July 1972-December 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter R.G. Williams; December 1974-September 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R.L. Guthrie: Septemner 1977-March 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John F. Rickett: March 1980-October 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard F. Powell: October 1982-March 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher F. Drewry: March 1985-August 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Paul Belcher: August 1987-March 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Redmond Watt: March 1990-June 1992 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy C.R.B. Purdon: June 1992-November 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Rhodri L. Traherne: November 1994-November 1996

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander J.E. Malcolm:November 1996-August 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony C. Ford: August 1999-January 2002

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H. Talbot Rice: January 2002-July 2004 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin J. Bathurst: July 2004-July 2006 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J.A. Stanford: July 2006-November 2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert S.M. Thorneloe: November 2008-July 2009

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles K. Antelme: July 2009-July 2011

Lieutenant-Colonel Dino L.W. Bossi: July 2011-January 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles R. Harris: January 2014-July 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David W.N. Bevan: July 2016-February 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry S. Llewellyn-Usher:February 2019-

Royal Regiment of Scotland:

1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland(Royal Scots Borderers); 1

st Battalion,

Royal Scots until August 2006):

Lieutenant-Colonel David McQueen: June 1957-Jnuary 1960 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter St.G. H. Maxwell: January 1960-January 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh D.G. Taylor: January 1962-November 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold W.R. Currie: November 1964-December 1966 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David T. Young: December 1966-May 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert F. Richardson: May 1969-August 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Nigel Stisted: August 1971-November 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip M. Davies: December 1973-May 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart W. McBain: May 1976-September 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis F. Gibb: September 1979-February 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael B.H. Ashmore: February 1981-September 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J.Cardwell Moore:September 1983-November 1984

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark J. Strudwick: November 1984-May 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin F. Gibson: May 1987-October 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Iain A. Johnstone: October 1989-May 1992*

Lieutenant-Colonel William P. Sylvester: May 1992-June 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert L. Scott-Bowden:June 1994-February 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter D. Fraser-Hopewell: January 1997-November 1999

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen F.M. Telfer: November 1999-April 2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James I.S. Stevenson: April 2002-February 2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Lowder: February 2004-February 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert B. Bruce: March 2006-February 2008 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles L.G. Herbert: February 2008-October 2010 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin M.A. Wrench: November 2010-July 2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew E. Munro: July 2013-June 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas M. Wight-Boycott: June 2015-February 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew R.W. Watson: February 2018-

1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers (until August 2006):

Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Henson: November 1957-February 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick C. Robertson-

Macleod: February 1960-February 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair M. Thorburn: February 1962-July 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin G. Stonor: July 1964-Jnuary 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. McCallum: January 1967-June 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew D. Myrtle: June 1969–September 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W. Riddle: September 1971-April 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel F. Allan L. Alstead: April 1974-September 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Thomson: September 1976-March 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin G. Mattingley: March 1979-August 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy P. Toyne Sewell: August 1981-November 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian J.A. Lowis: November 1983-May 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin A. Hulf: May 1986-September 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive B. Fairweather: September 1987-August 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher I. Darnell: August 1989-November 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Kirkwood: November 1991-October 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John Cooper: October 1993-May 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew C. Jackson: May 1996-September 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew D. Mackay: September 1998-2001 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Mark Castle: 2001-2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Jefferies: 2004-June 2006 *

2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (1

st Battalion, Royal Highland

Fusiliers until March 2006):

January 1959: Royal Highland Fusiliers formed by the amalgamation of the

Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Highland Light Infantry

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Evetts: January 1959-April 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Dunbar: April 1960-July 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian A. Stewart: July 1962-January 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon C.R.L. Pender: January 1965-July 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel R.L. Stuart Green: July 1967-November 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Anderson: January 1970-June 1972 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Mackay: June 1972-October 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Bryan Campbell: October 1974-September 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Drummond: September 1978-March 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin E.M. Thorburn: March 1980-September 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian S. Reid: September 1982-December 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Angus I. Ramsay: December 1984-May 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin S. Winter: May 1987-July 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel David H. Hills: July 1988-November 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan J. Roberts: November 1990-May 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John S.M. Edwardes: May 1993-November 1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Euan B. Loudon: November 1995-November 1997 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Niall T. Campbell: November 1997-July 2000

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Kirk: July 2000-2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul A.S. Cartwright: 2002-June 2005 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul K. Harkness: June 2005-December 2007 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas R.M. Borton: January 2008-January 2010 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas S.G. Graham: January 2010-October 2011

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin R.E. Lindsay: October 2011-July 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Graeme C. Wearmouth: July 2014-August 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Campbell Close: August 2017-September 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver P.B. Dobson: September 2019-

3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (1

st Battalion, Black Watch until

March 2006):

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel G.A. Noble: November 1961-March 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony O.L. Lithgow: March 1964-August 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Earle W. Nicoll: August 1966-March 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew L. Watson: March 1969-August 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver R. Tweedy: August 1971-August 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas N. McMicking: August 1973-November 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ewen D. Cameron: November 1975-April 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Ian L. Ker: April 1978-October 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Garry C. Barnett: October 1980-May 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward N. de B. de B.

De Broe-Ferguson: May 1983-September 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alistair S.H. Irwin: September 1985-April 1988 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald R. Wilson: April 1988-November 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel C.D. Lithgow: November 1990-April 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew J.A. Ogilvy-

Wedderburn, Bt.: April 1993-December 1995

Lieutenant-Colonel Alasdair W.B. Loudon: December 1995-September 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald J.K. Bradford: September 1998-December 2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael L. Riddell-

Webster: December 2000-July 2003 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James M. Cowan: July 2003-October 2005 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay R. MacDuff: October 2005-March 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen J. Cartwright: March 2008-April 2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward A. Fenton: April 2010-September 2012 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian P. Reilly: September 2012-December 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alasdair F.L. Steele: December 2014-October 2016

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert S.J. Hedderwick: October 2016-February 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham J. Sefton: February 2019-

4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (1

st Battalion, Highlanders from

September 1994 until March 2006):

February 1961: Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) formed

by amalgamation of Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

and Seaforth Highlanders

1994: Highlanders formed by amalgamation of Queen’s Own Highlanders

(Seaforth and Camerons) and Gordon Highlanders

1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) (until

September 1994; 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

until February 1961):

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter M. Hunt: June 1957-February 1960 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Niall P.D.Caldecott-

Baird: February 1960-July 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel William G. McHardy: July 1962-May 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony G. Findlay: June 1964-December 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald R. MacLennan: December 1966-August 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew S. Duncan: August 1969-February 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.O.R. Hopkinson: February 1972-August 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Angus Fairrie: August 1974-January 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian G. Nason: January 1977-May 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David N.A. Blair: May 1979

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy J.G. Mackenzie: August 1979-January 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J. Ridley: January 1982-July 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin C.V. Hunt: July 1984-January 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Peter Grant-Peterkin: January 1987-May 1989 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour H.R.H. Monro:May 1989-August 1991 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Graeme C.M. Lamb: September 1991-October 1993 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh B.H.E. Monro: October 1993-September 1994

1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (until February 1961):

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A.A.S. Macrae: August 1958-September 1960 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William W. Cheyne: September 1960-February 1961 *

1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (until September 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel George R. Elmsie: January 1959-June 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel B. Charles A. Napier: June 1961-November 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W. Smith: November 1963-September 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel John Neish: October 1965-1968

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek H.W. Brown: October 1968-March 1971

Lieutenant-Colonel John R.A. Macmillan: March 1971-September 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David G.B. Saunders: September 1973-February 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter W. Graham: February 1976-July 1978 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher H. Van

Der Noot: July 1978-February 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin H. Peebles: February 1981-September 1983

Lieutenant-Colonel Alasdair I.G. Kennedy: September 1983-May 1986 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John H.W. Stenhouse: May 1986-November 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher E. Price: November 1988-February 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J.M. Durcan: February 1991-July 1993 *

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Ian D.W.

Chant-Sempill: July 1993-September 1994

1st Battalion, The Highlanders/4

th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (from

September 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh B.H.E. Monro: September 1994-June 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David N.F. Stewart: June 1995-February 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark P. Dodson: March 1998-2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Alderson: 2000-December 2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J. Lai: December 2002-January 2005 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James M.R. Hopkinson: January 2005-January 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jamie Campbell: January 2007-April 2009

Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair J. Aitken: April 2009-December 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James C. Roddis: December 2011-June 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Leigh J. Drummond: June 2014-August 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil K.G. Tomlin: August 2016-February 2019 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J.J. Draper: February 2019-

5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (1

st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders until March 2006; reduced to company level in January 1971,

re-established in January 1972, and reduced again to company level in

June 2013):

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh S. Spens: September 1959-March 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Claude G. Kelway-

Bamber: March 1962-July 1964

Lieutenant-Colin Malcolm R. Wallace: July 1964-January 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin C. Mitchell: January 1967-September 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander C.S. Boswell: September 1968-January 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Patrick R. Palmer: January 1972-August 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair W. Scott-Elliot: August 1974-May 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian C. Purves-Hume: May 1977-March 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh L. Clark: March 1980-September 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel David P. Thomson: September 1982-March 1985 **

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Anthony Neilson: March 1985-September 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm R. McVittie: September 1987-April 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander W. Blackett: April 1990-July 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan K. McC. Miller: July 1992-January 1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J.N. Graham: January 1995-January 1997 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert N.H.A. de V.

Wade: January 1997-July 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce W.O. Russell: July 1999-December 2001 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan D. Gray: December 2001-May 2004

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon R. West: May 2004-November 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Richmond: November 2006-June 2009 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Adam W.A. Griffiths: July 2009-July 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil A. Den-McKay: July 2011-June 2013 +

1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles (disbanded May 1968):

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher G.I. Harper:September 1959-November 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander R. Kettles: November 1961-March 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David B. Riddell-

Webster: March 1964-September 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie P.G. Dow: September 1966-May 1968

Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment:

1992: merger of Queen’s Regiment and Royal Hampshire Regiment

2 Regular battalions

2 Reserve battalions (3rd and 4

th Battalions)

(Queen’s Regiment:

1966: merger of Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment, Queen’s Own

Buffs(Royal Kent Regiment), Royal Sussex Regiment and

Middlesex Regiment

Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment:

1959: merger of Royal (West Surrey) Regiment and East Surrey

Regiment

Queen’s Own Buffs:

1961: merger of The Buffs(Royal East Kent) Regiment and

Queen’s Own Royal West Regiment)

1st Battalion, Queen’s Regiment (until September 1992; 1st Battalion, Queen’s

Royal Surrey Regiment until December 1966):

Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert A. White: October 1959-November 1960 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A. Lowry: November 1960-May 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel Eric G. Woodman: May 1963-November 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John (Toby) W. Sewell: November 1965-March 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Charles Millman: April 1968-June 1970 *

Lieutenant-Colonel B.Anthony M. Pielow: June 1970-July 1972 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael V. Hayward: July 1972-January 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John G.W. Davidson: January 1975-August 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Holman: August 1977-March 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.C. Dickins: March 1980-July 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick V. Panton: July 1982-January 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Ball: January 1985-November 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher G.F. Charter:November 1987-April 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel Amedee C. Mieville: April 1990-September 1992 +

2nd Battalion, Queen’s Regiment (until September 1992; 1

st Battalion, Queen’s

Own Buffs (Royal Kent) Regiment from March 1961 until December 1966):

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry B.H. Waring: March 1961-July 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ewen W. Macdonald: July 1964-January 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony W. Franklin: January 1967–June 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Jack S. Fletcher: June 1969-June 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H. Chappell: July-December 1971

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael F. Reynolds: December 1971-August 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R.M. Newall: August 1973-October 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher G. Champion:October 1976-September 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter de S. Barrow: September 1978-March 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter F. Packham: March 1981-July 1983

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R.I. Constantine:July 1983-September 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter C. Cook: September 1985-February 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Merrick C. Willis: February 1988 June 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Wake: June 1990-September 1992

3rd Battalion, Queen’s Regiment (until September 1992; 1

st Battalion, Royal

Sussex Regiment until December 1966):

Lieutenant-Colonel John B.A. Glennie: August 1957-May 1960 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip S. Newton: May 1960-September 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas C. Snowdon: September 1962-April 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel David E.C. Russell: April 1965–September 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel B. Roy Coleman: September 1967-November 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dodson: November 1969-June 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles L. Tarver: June 1972-October 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Francis: October 1974-January 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart T.W. Anderson: January 1977-January 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin Bulloch: January 1979-April 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard H. Graham: August 1981-November 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David A. Beveridge: November 1983-March 1986+

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert M. McGhie: March 1986-September 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew W. Barratt: September 1988-March 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony A.A. Beattie: March 1991–September 1992 +

4th Battalion, Queen’s Regiment (disbanded June 1970; 1

st Battalion, Middlesex

Regiment until December 1966):

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian H. Battye: November 1959-May 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis de R. Morgan: May 1962-March 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel John N. Shipster: March 1965–September 1967 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth J. Carter: September 1967-June 1970 +

1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment (until September 1992; reduced to

company strength between August 1970 and January 1972):

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael C. Hastings: January 1959-July 1961 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Warren: July 1961-January 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel T.S.W. Reeve-Tucker: January 1964-April 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice F.A. Wilson: April 1966-October 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William R.B. May: October 1968-October 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel L. John P. Morrish: January 1972-August 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel F.David J. Dickenson: October 1974-January 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert G. Long: January 1977-August 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Martin: August 1979-June 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Hastings Neville: June 1982-January 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew W. Freemantle: January 1985-July 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy A.L. Glass: July 1987-September 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul A. Davis: September 1989-March 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel T. Michael Reeve-Tucker:-March-September 1992

1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (from September 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel T. Michael Reeve-Tucker: September 1992-December 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel John D.K. Russell: December 1993-May 1996

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark P. Rayner: May 1996-January 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen P.B. Kilpatrick:January 1999-2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James E. Cameron: 2001-2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew P. Maer: 2003-October 2005 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger P.D. Thompson: October 2005-March 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel F. Charles Sykes: March 2008-September 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James C. Coote: September 2010-August 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J. Flay: August 2012-December 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael D. Cornwell: December 2014-August 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark A.P. Nooney: August 2017-February 2020

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew P.T. Wilde: February 2020-

2nd Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (from September 1992):

Lieuentant-Colonel Anthony A.A. Beattie: September 1992-October 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul R. Newton: October 1994-April 1997**

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard W. Dennis: April 1997-September 1999 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon F. Deakin: September 1999-February 2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Julian P. Clover: February 2002-2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan P.S. Wright: 2004-July 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas M. Chalmers: July 2007-December 2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Adam J. Crawley: December 2009-October 2012 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver W. Stokes: October 2012-September 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher D. Davies: September 2014-January 2017 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James S. Skelton: January 2017-August 2019

Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment:

2006: merger of Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, King’s Regiment and King’s

Own Royal Border Regiment

3 Regular battalions 1st Battalion: ex-Queen’s Lancashire Regiment;

2nd Battalion: ex-King’s Regiment; 3

rd Battalion: ex King’s Own

Royal Border Regiment)

1 Reserve Battalion (4th Battalion)

2007: 3rd Battalion disbanded

(Queen’s Lancashire Regiment:

1970: merger of Lancashire Regiment and Loyal Regiment

Lancashire Regiment:

1958: merger of South Lancashire Regiment and East

Lancashire Regiment

King’s Regiment:

1958: merger of King’s Regiment and Manchester Regiment

Kings’s Own Royal Border Regiment:

1959: merger of Border Regiment and King’s Own Royal

Regiment (Lancaster))

1st Battalion, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (1

st Battalion, Queen’s Lancashire

Regiment from March 1970 until July 2006):

Lieutenant-Colonel David Houston: March 1970-September 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter H.B. O’Meara: September 1971-March 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan M. Hinings: March 1974-March 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian St.P. Hurley: March 1977-September 1979

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick S. ff. Thompson: September 1979-January 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel John Diffin: January 1982-May 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David M. Black: May 1984-November 1986 +

Lieuteant-Colonel Christopher Kearns: November 1986-April 1989

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander F. Birtwistle: April 1989-September 1991 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey P. Sheldon: September 1991-1994 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Grahame H.P. Flood 1994-December 1996

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. James: December 1996-May 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Davies: May 1999-December 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jorge E. Mendonca: December 2001-June 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A. Jefferies: June 2004-December 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gary C. Deakin: December 2006-January 2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Frazer M. Lawrence: January 2009-March 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas I. Wood: March 2011-August 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Maund: August 2013-April 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel P. Robert Driver: April 2016-2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Moore: 2018-

1st Battalion, Lancashire Regiment (from 1958 until March 1970):

Lieutenant-Colonel Fernand (Joe) O. Cetre: March 1959-June 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Humphrey G. Kemball: June 1961-January 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Farr: January 1964-1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul A. Downward: 1966-June 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Forrest: November 1967-March 1970 +

1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment (until March 1970):

Lieutenant-Colonel J.C. Johnson: December 1958-April 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas E. Crawley: April 1961-May 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel John F. Winn: June 1962-June 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael H.H. Collins: June 1964-October 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey R. Dockerill: October 1966-February 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David Houston: March 1969-March 1970 **

2nd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (1

st Battalion, King’s Regiment

until July 2006):

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Eric Holt: September 1959-October 1961 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald P. Macdonald: October 1961-April 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward S. Newport: April 1964-April 1967 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey F. Errington: April 1967-October 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor F. Hammond: October 1969-March 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony W. Davis: March 1972-September 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Geoffrey Lee: September 1974-February 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin V. Denning: February 1977-October 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Paul Simm: October 1979-April 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas G.R. Hepworth:April 1982-January 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy J. Gaskell: January 1985-May 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm A. Grant-

Haworth: May 1987-October 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Graeme A. McDonald: October 1989-March 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin E.L. Hodges: March 1992–September 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive O. Hodges: September 1994-April 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher W. Owen: April 1997 -2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W. Barnes: 2000-2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ciaran M. Griffin: 2002-2004

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon D. Hutchinson: 2004-January 2007 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark P. Kenyon: January 2007-July 2009 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robaird J. Boyd: July 2009-December 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Unsworth: December 2011-July 2014 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Hamish G.G. Cormack: July 2014-July 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Singleton: July 2016-2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Kelly: 2019-

3rd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (1

st Battalion, King’s Own Royal

Border Regiment until July 2006; disbanded May 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter R.L. Gillam: October 1959-June 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Robinson: June 1960-January 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Martin: January 1963-June 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel William N.R. Scotter: June 1965-February 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick B.T. Ross: February 1967-August 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel J.Michael Hardy: August 1968-February 1971

Lieutenant-Colonel David E. Miller: February 1971-July 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James B. Howard: July 1973-November 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. Milburn: November 1975-January 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Hodges: January 1978-July 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond A. Pett: July 1980-January 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Christopher

Wolverson: January 1983-July 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony F. Davidson: July 1985-October 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Westlake: October 1987-February 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy C. Jarvis-

Bicknell: February 1990-July 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis N.J. Flynn: July 1992-April 1995

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Schumacher: April 1995-September 1997

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M. Iron: September 1997-February 2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael T. Griffiths: February 2000-November 2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey P. Moss: November 2002-June 2004

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Dennis: June 2004-May 2007 +

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers:

1968: merger of Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Warwickshire

Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers and Lancashire Fusiliers

4 Regular battalions

1 Reserve battalion

1969: 4th Battalion disbanded

1992: 3rd Battalion merged with 1

st Battalion

2014: 2nd Battalion merged with 1

st Battalion

1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers(1

st Battalion, Royal Northumberland

Fusiliers until April 1968):

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard F.B. Hensman: October 1957-February 1960 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Leith-MacGregor: February 1960-August 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Rodney G. Style: August 1962-July 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E. Blenkinsop: July 1965-June 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John L.A. Guy: June 1968-January 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan C. Webster: January 1971-February 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey L. Straw: February 1973-September 1975

Lieutenant-Colonel David A. Betley: September 1975-February 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David Houlton: February 1978-May 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel G.D. Robinson: May 1980-November 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick F. Shervington: November 1982-April 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David A.K. Biggart: April 1985-February 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Roy M. Wilde: February 1988-August 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen G. Kirkham: August 1990-June 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor J. Minter: June 1993-March 1996

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip J. Mostyn: March 1996-July 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip A. Stack: July 1998-February 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Paterson: February 2001-September 2003 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon R.D. Marr: September 2003-February 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul A.E. Nanson: February 2006-December 2008 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James Landon: December 2008-April 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Swift: April 2011-October 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Butterfill: October 2013-August 2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy Lamb: August 2016-January 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher A. Head: January 2019-

2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1

st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire

Regiment until May 1963; 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers until

April 1968; disbanded August 2014):

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Ryan: March 1958-September 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian W. Wise: September 1960-August 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry C. Illing: August 1962-February 1965 *

Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Millward Marston: February 1965-June 1967 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Blackstock: June 1967-November 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan G. Wooldridge: January 1969-July 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy C. Reilly: July 1971-January 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel R.G. Seidl: January 1974-May 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Sincock: May 1976-December 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark R. Tarver: December 1978-July 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A. Hayley: July 1981-April 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel T. Anthony Coutts-

Britton: April 1984-January 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul G. Bibbey: January 1985-May 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan C. Gunnell: May 1987-October 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon W. Henderson: October 1989-April 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon H.P. Sanderson: April 1992-October 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J. Whistler: October 1994-January 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gary P. Cass: January 1997-January 1999

Lieutenant-Colonel James L. Murray-Playfair:January 1999-April 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Denny: April 2001-November 2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.E. Whitwam: November 2003-February 2006

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter W. Merriman: February 2006-September 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles S. Calder: September 2008-April 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R. Butterwick: April 2011-April 2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Taylor: April 2013-August 2014 +

3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1

st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

(City of London) until April 1968; disbanded August 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel Terence A. Donnelly: December 1959-April 1962

Lieutennt-Colonel William A. Taylor: April 1962-May 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Morley: May 1965-1967

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher M. Barrett: April 1968-May 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David M. Woodford: May 1970-November 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian R. Cartwright: November 1972-May 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian M. Nicholls: May 1975-August 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel John G.B. Rigby: August 1977-April 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey M. Youll: April 1980-October 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel James G. Aldous: October 1982-March 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel W.Jolyon Willans: March 1985-August 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel David James: August 1987-January 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew L.D. De

Hochepied Larpent: January 1990-August 1992

4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers(1

st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

until April 1968; disbanded November 1969):

Lieutenant-Colonel Tristram Lash: October 1957-January 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Grover: January 1960-August 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel A. James Wilson: August 1962-October 1964 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin A. Hill: October 1964-1967

Lieutenant-Colonel T. David Lloyd-Jones: 1967-November 1969

Royal Anglian Regiment:

1964: merger of East Anglian Regiment and Royal Leicestershire Regiment

4 Regular battalions

3 Reserve battalions

October 1970: 4th Battalion reduced to company strength

October 1992: 3rd Battalion and 5

th Battalion disbanded

2006: 3rd Battalion reformed as a Reserve battalion

(East Anglian Regiment:

1958: merger of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and

Essex Regiment

1959: merger of Royal Norfolk Regiment and Suffolk Regiment

1960: merger of Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and

Northamptonshire Regiment)

1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (1

st East Anglian Regiment (Royal

Norfolk and Suffolk) until September 1964):

Lieutenant-Colonel C.R. (William) Murray-

Brown: August 1959-December 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur F. Campbell: December 1960-October 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Jack B. Dye: October 1962-February 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy M. Creasey: February 1965-1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian H.C. Emsden: 1967-1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Roy L. Jackson: 1969-June 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Thorne: June 1972-January 1975 **

Lieutenant-Colonel William R.W. Pike: January 1975-June 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J.G. Pollard: June 1977-December 1979 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Hart: December 1979-May 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J.K. Calder: May 1982-February 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J.D. Walker: February 1985-July 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.B. Sutherell: July 1987-February 1990 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David S.B. Phipps: February 1990-October 1992+

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin M. Chisnall: October 1992-September 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger M. Brunt: September 1993-December 1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E. Harrold: December 1995-June 1998 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Kemp: June 1998-2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip D. Jones: 2000-2003 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward E.C.Thorne: 2003-December 2005

Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart W. Carver: December 2005-July 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James M. Woodham: July 2008-January 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael P. Aston: January 2011-2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Dominic S.J. Biddick: 2013-October 2015 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Guy B. Foden: October 2015-November 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Phillip C. Moxey: November 2017-

2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (1

st Battalion, 2

nd East Anglian Regiment

(Duchess of Gloucester’s Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

from June 1960 until September 1964):

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham V. Martin: June-December 1960 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Rolland P.S. Erskine-

Tulloch: December 1960-June 1963 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William R. Chambers: June 1963-December 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian A. Haycraft: December 1965-June 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Akehurst: June 1968-September 1970 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E.J. Gerrard-

Wright: September 1970-March 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael E. Thorne: March 1973-May 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles M.J. Barnes: May 1975-November 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick P.D. Stone: November 1977-June 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Howe: June 1980-October 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Julian W. Browne: October 1982-April 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peregrine R. Rawlins: April 1985-November 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Longland: November 1987-1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan P. Deed: June 1990-September 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John C. McColl: September 1992-November 1994 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Clements: November 1994-December 1996 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon L. Porter: January 1997-September 1999

Lieutenant-Cololonel Alasdair J.C. Wild: September 1999-December 2001

Lieutenant-Colonel Roland J. Ladley: January 2002-March 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Desmond P. O’Driscoll: March 2004-2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon J.R. Browne: 2006–March 2009 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph W. Wooddisse: March 2009-2012 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel A. Johnson: 2012-August 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver C.C. Brown: August 2014-August 2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce D. Weston: August 2016-August 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Meddings: August 2019-

3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (2nd Battalion, 3

rd East Anglian

Regiment until September 1964; disbanded October 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael W. Holme: January 1960-June 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford C. Norbury: June 1962-December 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J.H. Leng: December 1964-November 1966 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John L.M. Dymoke: November 1966-June 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith Burch: June 1969-November 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John Hall-Tipping: November 1971-March 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A. Aris: March 1974-September 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William T. Dodd: September 1976-February 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin J.M. Drummond: February 1979-August 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan E. Thompson: August 1981-December 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Groves: December 1983-July 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Behagg: July 1986-February 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Julian D. Lacey: February 1989-October 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin N. Chisnall: October 1991-October 1992 +

4th (Leicestershire) Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment( from September 1964

until disbanded in September1970; 1st Royal Leicestershire Regiment until

September 1964):

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael St.G. Pallot: December 1959-July 1961 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter E.B. Badger: July 1961-April 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Alan C. Cowan: April 1964-April 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David R.C. Carter: April 1966-September 1968 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Holloway: September 1968-September 1970 +

Rifles:

2007: merger of Royal Green Jackets, Light Infantry, Devonshire and Dorset

Regiment and Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment

5 Regular battalions: 2nd Battalion (ex-1st Battalion, Royal Green

Jackets), 3rd Battalion (ex-2

nd Battalion, Light Infantry), 4

th

Battalion (ex-2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets), 5

th Battalion

(ex-1st Battalion, Light Infantry)

3 Reserve battalions

(Royal Green Jackets:

1966: merger of 1st Green Jackets, 2

nd Green Jackets, King’s Royal

Rifle Corps and 3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade

1st Green Jackets:

1958: renaming of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light

Infantry

2nd Green Jackets:

1958: renaming of King’s Royal Rifle Corps

3rd Green Jackets:

1958: renaming of The Rifle Brigade

Light Infantry:

1968: merger of Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, King’s

Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, King’s Shropshire

Light Infantry and Durham Light Infantry

Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry:

1959: merger of Somerset Light Infantry and Duke of

Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Devonshire and Dorset Regiment:

1958: merger of Devonshire Regiment and Dorset Regiment

Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment:

1994; merger of Gloucestershire Regiment and Duke of

Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment

Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment:

1959: merger of Royal Berkshire Regiment and Wiltshire

Regiment)

1st Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (Devonshire and Dorset Light

Infantry from July 2005 until February 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert H. Wheatley: November 1957-November 1960 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter T. Willcocks: November 1960-October 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Randle: October 1962-April 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel A. John Archer: April 1965-September 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian D. Rouse: September 1967-October 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas P. Lovejoy: October 1969-March 1972

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Burdick: March 1972-September 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin T. Shortis: September 1974-June 1977 **

Lieutenant-Colonel C.William G. Bullocke: June 1977-December 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John F.W. Wilsey: December 1979-June 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Paget D. King-Fretts: June 1982-October 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan H. Dutton: October 1984-February 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David C.N. Shaw: February 1987-August 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher G. Biles: August 1989-March 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon D. Young: March 1992-March 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffrey R. Cook: March 1995-September 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan F. Watson: September 1997-March 2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard H.D. Toomey: March 2000-June 2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander J.S. Storrie: June 2002-September 2004 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Beattie: September 2004-February 2007 +

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (until 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel A.L.W. Soames: July 1959-January 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter G.H. Varwell: January 1962-July 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry L.T. Radice: July 1964-March 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel H.R. Anthony Streather: March 1967-April 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Freeman-

Wallace: April 1970-October 1972

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Brian Edwards: October 1972-June 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel C. John Waters: June 1975-September 1977 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon D.A. Firth: September 1977-December 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin D. Grist: December 1979-May 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter R. Rostron: May 1982-November 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel A.Paul A. Arengo-Jones:November 1984-June 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Robert Dixon: June 1987-February 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Durrant: February 1990-May 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin S. Vine: May 1992-March 1994 *

1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Royal Berkshire and

Wiltshire Regiment) (until March 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis E. Ballantine: November 1960-May 1963 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis H.B. Boshell: May 1963-September 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Roden: September 1965-1967 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas A. Gibson: 1967-January 1970 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek T. Crabtree: January 1970-September 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel William G.R. Turner: September 1972-January 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive B. Lea-Cox: January 1975-July 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel David A. Jones: July 1977-January 1980

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Coxon: January 1980-June 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William A. MacKereth: June 1982-November 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan C. Kenway: November 1984-May 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen W.J. Saunders: May 1987-November 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.A. Stone: November 1989-June 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh M. Purcell: June 1992-March 1994

1st Battalion, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (until

from March 1994 until February 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin S. Vine: March-April 1994 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick E. O’R.

Davidson-Houston: April 1994-May 1996 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard L. Hall: May 1996-October 1998

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick C. Tomlinson: October 1998-2001

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward D. Brown: 2001-2003 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Welch: 2003-November 2005 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David A.J. Brown: November 2005-February 2007

1st Battalion, The Rifles (from February 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel David A.J. Brown: February 2007-January 2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph D. Cavanagh: January 2008-2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James A.D. De La Billiere: 2010-2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Karl C. Hickman: 2013-2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E.D. Grist: 2015-April 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew R. Baker: April 2017-October 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Shercliff: October 2019-

1st Battalion, Light Infantry (formed in July 1968 from 1

st Battalion, Somerset

and Cornwall Light Infantry; disbanded February 1993 and from then the

renumbered 2nd Battalion):

Lieutenant-Colonel William Hine-Haycock: April 1960-September 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.T. Howard: September 1962-March 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian G. Mathews: March 1965-January 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin D.C. Frith: January 1967-February 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert E. Waight: February 1970-July 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Barry M. Lane: July 1972-September 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel M.J. Anthony Wilson: September 1974-July 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony Makepeace-

Warne: July 1977-February 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair I.H. Fyfe: February 1980-August 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan M. Elliott: August 1982-January 1985

Liutenant-Colonel J. Gage Williams: January 1985-May 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell H. Philp: May 1987-November 1989

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian A. Gilbert: November 1989-March 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy F.L. Weeks: March 1992-February 1993

2nd Battalion, Light Infantry (formed in July 1968 from 1

st Battalion, King’s

Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; renumbered 1st Battalion in February 1993

and 5th Battalion, The Rifles in February 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel Stafford N. Floyer-

Acland: December 1959-November 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry C.I. Rome: November 1961-November 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert R. Saltonstall: November 1963-May 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony C. Elcomb: May 1966-October 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter F.A. Sibbald: October 1968-November 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert B. McGregor-

Oakford: November 1971-January 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Hare: March 1974-July 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger St.C. Preston: August 1976-January 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy D.V. Bevan: February 1979-July 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael H. Dru Drury: July 1981-January 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin M.S. Kaye: January 1984-June 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Parker: June 1986-December 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard P. Cousens: December 1988-June 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Mark G. Elcomb: June 1991-February 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy F.L. Weeks: February 1993-December 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J. Gregson: December 1994-April 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael C.D. Montagu: April 1997-May 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard R. Smith: May 1999-July 2001 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy P. Evans: July 2001-October 2003 **

Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Pointing: October 2003-January 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Bowron: January 2006-2008 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward J. R.

Chamberlain: 2008-2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas R. Copinger-

Symes: 2010-2012 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles S. Collins: 2012-2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark C.P. Wilson: 2014-2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Ridland: 2017-November 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Hadfield: November 2019-

3rd Battalion, Light Infantry (formed in July 1968 from 1

st Battalion, King’s

Shropshire Light Infantry;renumbered 2nd Battalion in February 1993; and

3rd Battalion, The Rifles from February 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur J. Hardy: October 1958-September 1960 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Evans: September 1960-March 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek C. Clapham: March 1963-September 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel B.Neil L. Fletcher: September 1965-July 1968 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. St.C. Ballenden: July 1968-October 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin B. Robertson: October 1969-March 1972

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian J. Lowe: March 1972-August 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel J. David G. Pank: August 1974-December 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John Hemsley: December 1976-June 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen S. Caney: June 1979-January 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael D. Regan: January 1982-July 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John F. Deverell: July 1984-November 1986 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A. Sale: November 1986-October 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin V. Brims: October 1989-November 1991**

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin J.W. Grubb: November 1991–June 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian W. Barry: June 1994-September 1996 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J. Martin: September 1996-January 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Wood: January 1999-January 2001

Lieutenant-Colonel E. Peter Davies: January 2001-October 2003

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Edward Shields: October 2003-April 2006+

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph G. Arundell: April 2006-June 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J. Kitson: June 2008–September 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles S. Maconochie: September 2010-July 2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Reeve: July 2013-2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard P. Smith: 2016-2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Gary T. Sawyer: 2018-

4th Battalion, Light Infantry(until July 1968 1

st Battalion, Durham Light

Infantry; disbanded in March 1969):

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles M. D’Arcy-

Irvine: October 1958–April 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Burgess: April 1961-April 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gilfrid J. Maughan: April 1964-

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Jacob: -March 1969

1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets (until July 1992 and from then the

renumbered 2nd Battalion);

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael N. Harbottle: July 1959-April 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry J. Sweeney: April 1962-January 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David G. House: January 1964-September 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver G. Pratt: September 1965-1967 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Frank E. Kitson: 1967-September 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Roland K. Guy: September 1969-October 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. Pascoe: October 1971-June 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel C.Edward W. Jones: June 1974-December 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Garry D. Johnson: December 1976-June 1979 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Taylor: June 1979-January 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher C.L.O. Owen:January 1982-June 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Chrles G.C. Vyvyan: June 1984-October 1986 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David H. Godsal: October 1986-February 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon R. Stanford-Tuck:February 1989-June 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel Carron E.M. Snagge: June 1991-July 1992 +

2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets (renumbered 1

st Battalion in July 1992;

2nd Battalion, The Rifles from February 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas H. Acton: February 1959-March 1961 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John H.P.Curtis: March 1961-March 1963 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles H. Mills: March 1963-January 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin N.W. Bramall: January 1965-January 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Robin M.

Parker: January 1967-May 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel J. David F. Mostyn: May 1969-September 1981 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter M. Welsh: September 1971-March 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Ramsbotham: March 1974-September 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian D. Corden-Lloyd: September 1976-February 1978

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas M. Prideaux: February-April 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Treneer-Michell: April 1978-December 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J.C. Robertson: December 1979-June 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan P.O. Beddard: June 1983-September 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel Guy de V. W. Hayes: September 1985-April 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony M.D. Palmer: April 1988-September 1990 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J. Cottam: September 1990 –February 1993 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh C.G. Willing: February 1993-August 1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jolyon T. Jackson: August 1995-February 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David St. J. Homer: February 1998-2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James I.S. Plastow: 2000 -2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.C. Schute: 2002-December 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Justin C.W. Maciejewski: December 2004-August 2007 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Thomson: August 2007-January 2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William S.C. Wright: January 2010-May 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark C. Gidlow-Jackson: May 2012-April 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil D. Bellamy: April 2015-2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel E.A. Cates: 2018-

3rd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets (company strength only from October

1971 until 1972; renumbered 2nd Battalion in July 1992; 4

th Battalion, The

Rifles from February 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel E. Grismond B. Davies-

Scourfield: July 1960-July 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Hew D.G. Butler: July 1962-April 1964 **

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Mark G. Bond: April 1964-March 1966 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Hudson: March 1966-1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David B. Alexander-

Sinclair: 1967-October 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James M.G. Glover: October 1969-July 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J.Roger G.N. Evelegh: January 1972-July 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael W.M. Tarleton: July 1974-February 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher C. Dunphie: February 1976-July 1978

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Foley: July 1978-December 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger H. Ker: December 1980-April 1983

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher B.Q. Wallace: April 1983-October 1985 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew R.D. Pringle: October 1985-March 1988 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter D. Browne: March 1988-July 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel James M.J. Balfour: July 1990-July 1992 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Carron E.M. Snagge: October 1992-January 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas R. Parker: January 1994-December 1995 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Gordon: December 1995-June 1998 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas P. Carter: June 1998-2000 **

Lieutenant-Colonel A.E.Henry Worsley: 2000-2002

Lieutenant-Colonel T. Henry M. Emck: 2002–September 2005

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick N.Y.M. Sanders: September 2005-January 2008 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert H.T. Jones: January 2008-June 2010 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas P.S. Thornton: June 2010-September 2012 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas H. Bewick: September 2012-August 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Carl W. Boswell: August 2014-April 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter W.S. Baines: April 2017-September 2019 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James M.H. Allen: September 2019-

Yorkshire Regiment:

2006: merger of Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire, Green

Howards and Duke of Wellington’s Regiment

3 Regular battalions

1 Reserve battalion

2013: 2nd Battalion disbanded, 3

rd Battalion renamed 1

st Battalion,

1st Battalion renamed 2

nd Battalion

(Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire:

1958: merger of West Yorkshire Regiment and East Yorkshire

Regiment)

1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (1

st Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own

Regiment of Yorkshire until June 2006; renamed from 3rd Battalion in July

2013):

Lieutenant-Colonel Boris R.D. Garside: April 1958-June 1960 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William S.G. Armour: June 1960-August 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter E. Taylor: August 1962-March 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel T. Roy Birkett: April 1965-1967 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William A.E. Todd: 1967-September 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M. Tillotson: September 1969-October 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Hanson: October 1971-November 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony B. Crowfoot: December 1973-July 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin H.A. Beckett: July 1976-September 1978 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter W. Wade: September 1978-April 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter E. Woolley: April 1981-September 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Rory H.J. Forsyth: September 1983-March 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan A.H. Green: March 1986-September 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.L. King: September 1988-December 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair D.A. Duncan: December 1990-December 1993 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Le Brun: December 1993-January 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham J. Binns: January 1997-April 1999 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David A. Hill: April 1999-May 2001

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Padgett: May 2001-January 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter S. Germain: January 2004-June 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew T. Jackson: June 2006-August 2008 *

Lieutenant-Colonal Jonathan C. Price: August 2008-March 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel S. Bradbury: March 2011-April 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip J. Bassingham-Searle: April-July 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Zachary R. Stenning: July-October 2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew S. Garner: October 2013-April 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas J. Miller: April 2016-

2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (1

st Battalion, Green Howards until June

2006; renamed from 1st Battalion in July 2013):

Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace K. Pryke: May 1958-July 1960 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Oldfield: July 1960-July 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Scott: July 1962-December 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek J. Bottomley: December 1964-1967

Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice A. Atherton: 1967-October 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Eccles: October 1969-April 1972 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond D. Ashforth: April 1972-November 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A. Inge: November 1974-February 1977 **

Lieutenant-Colonel L.G. James: February 1977-June 1979

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.H.S. Byrne: June 1979-December 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J.

Marchant-Smith: December 1981-November 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart G. Adlington: November 1984-January 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John S.W. Powell: January 1987-July 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel F. Richard Dannatt: July 1989-December 1991 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Nicholas R. Houghton:December 1991-June 1994 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew P. Farquhar: June 1994-August 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Lamont Kirkland: September 1996-November 1998 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick T. Roberts: November 1998-August 2001

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Nicholas Watt: August 2001–February 2004

Lieutenant-Colonel James M.G. Willis: February 2004-June 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon J. Downey: June 2006-December 2008 *

Lieutenant-Colonel E. David Colthup: December 2008-April 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M. Roe: April 2011-July 2013 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip J. Bassingham-Searle: July 2013-2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel L. Humphris: 2015-May 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin J.Westcott: May 2018-

3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (1

st Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s

Regiment (West Riding) until June 2006; renamed 1st Battalion in July 2013):

Lieutenant-Colonel P.P. de la H. Moran: September 1957-February 1960 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony D. Firth: March 1960-February 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A.Barry M. Kavanagh: February 1962-May 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald E. Isles: May 1965-November 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis W. Shuttleworth:November 1967-May 1970 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Huxtable: May 1970-November 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A. Mitchell: November 1972-February 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John B.K. Greenway: February 1975-May 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R.N. Bray: May 1977-August 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Richard Mundell: August 1979-April 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Cumberlege: April 1982-October 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel E. John W. Walker: October 1984-December 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alistair D. Roberts: December 1986-August 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew D. Meek: September 1989-April 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David M. Santa-Olalla: April 1992-September 1994 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel St. J. Hall: September 1994-March 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon C. Newton: March 1997-1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas G. Borwell: 1999-2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan S. Bruce: 2002-2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip M. Lewis: 2004-June 2006

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M. Pullan: 2006-December 2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas G. Vallings: December 2008-August 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Zachary R. Stenning: August 2011-July 2013 *

1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment(disbanded May 1968):

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur D.R. Saunders: September 1959-February 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Creighton-

Williamson: February 1962-March 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel John L. Collard: March 1964-September 1966 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick A. Winter: September 1966-May 1968

Mercian Regiment:

2007: merger of Cheshire Regiment, Staffordshire Regiment and

Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters’ Regiment

3 Regular battalions

1 Reserve battalion (4th Battalion)

2014: 3rd Battalion disbanded (ex-Staffordshire Regiment)

(Staffordshire Regiment:

1959: merger of North Staffordshire Regiment and South

Staffordshire Regiment

Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters’ Regiment:

1970: merger of Worcestershire Regiment and Sherwood

Foresters’ Regiment)

1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (1

st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment until

September 2007):

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter C. White: December 1958-January 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter L. de C. Martin: January 1961-June 1963 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael D.K. Dauncey: June 1963-February 1966 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Baker: February 1966-June 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David L.H. Owen: June 1968-December 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Billington: December 1970-June 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Lane: June 1973-January 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Keith L. Prosser: January 1976-August 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A. James MacG. Percival: August 1978-March 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony De P. Gauvain: March 1981-September 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A. Henderson: September 1983-March 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony V. Twiss: March 1986-September 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith Skempton: September 1988-March 1991 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. Stewart: March 1991-November 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Timothy Page: November 1993-May 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan S.C. Watters: May 1996-January 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew R.D. Sharpe: January 1999-2001 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip S. Astle: 2001–November 2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John P.S. Donnelly: November 2003-2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian J. Cave: 2006-2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew N. Hadfield: 2009-2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip W.C.Kimber: 2011-July 2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark C.P. Ellwood: July 2013-February 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R.P. Ginn: February 2016-July 2018 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil A. Kelly: July 2018-

2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment(1

st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood

Foresters from February 1970 until September 2007; 1st Battalion,

Worcestershire Regiment until February 1970):

Lieutenant-Colonel John W.S. Stuart: May 1959-July 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter G.B. Hall: July 1961-July 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward L. Trotter: July 1964-June 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Alwyne M. Gabb: June 1966-May 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard G.A. Leman: May 1969-January 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Hetherington: January 1972-July 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick E.B. Hargrave: July 1974-February 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel H. John Lowles: February 1977-July 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony P. Wright: July 1979-January 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald G. Silk: January 1982-June 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John R.M. Townsend: June 1984-December 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Weller: December 1986-February 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan R.M. Hackett: February 1989-July 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey A. Silk: July 1991-September 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark L. Jackson: September 1993-January 1995

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J. Mercer: January 1995-March 1998 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Jordan: March 1998-2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick J. Chedham: 2000-2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Dennis: 2003-January 2005*

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Westley: January 2005-August 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon J. Banton: August 2007-2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin R. Marks: 2010-August 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul G. Gilby: August 2012-February 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin M. Wilde: May 2015-February 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark T. Davis: February 2018-

1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (until February 1970):

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Dennis W. Millar: December 1959-May 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter G.M. Litton: May 1962-December 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth G. Allen: December 1964-June 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Castle: June 1967-February 1970 +

3rd Battalion, Mercian Regiment (1

st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment

until September 2007; disbanded July 2014):

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Louis Hargroves: June 1959-October 1961 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth (Dick) M.

Stuckey: October 1961-March 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph S. Stewart-Wilson:March 1964-1967 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy C.O. Swynnerton:1967–March 1969 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Boorman: March 1969-August 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Levey: August 1971-March 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm H. McLarney: March 1974-September 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Hague: September 1976-March 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Collins: March 1979-April 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian L. Freer: April 1982-August 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy R. Cottis: August 1984-February 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel H.C. Brown: February 1987-October 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles T. Rogers: October 1989-November 1991 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel S. Alderman: November 1991-April 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon J. Knapper: April 1994-June 1996 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James K. Tanner: June 1996-December 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher G.S. Hughes:December 1997-2000 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin T. Haugh: 2000-2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew P. Williams: 2003-2005 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy A. Sandiford: 2005-2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Spiby: 2007-July 2010

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles D. Woodhouse: July 2010-July 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Davies: July 2012-July 2014

Royal Welsh:

2006: merger of Royal Welch Fusiliers and Royal Regiment of Wales

2 Regular battalions

1 Reserve battalion

2014: 2nd Battalion disbanded

(Royal Regiment of Wales:

1969: merger of South Wales Borderers and Welch Regiment

1st Battalion, Royal Welsh (1

st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers until March

2006):

Lieutenant-Colonel J.A.B. Dickson: August 1959-August 1961 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert C.H. Barber: August 1961-August 1963 *

Lietenant-Colonel Charles P. Dryland: August 1963-December 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Gethin-Jones: December 1965-July 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hince: July 1969-February 1972 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey D. Inkin: February 1972-January 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony C. Vivian: January 1974-March 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael I. Burkham: March 1975-August 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Morgan Llewellyn: September 1976-March 1979 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter H. Reece: March 1979-November 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Coate: November 1981-February 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy L.M. Porter: February 1984-September 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Ross: September 1986-May 1989 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian P. Plummer: May 1989-October 1991 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert C. Lloyd: October 1991-March 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathon P. Riley: March 1994-September 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin P.G. Martin: September 1996-March 1999

Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick J.M. Porter: March 1999-2001 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark D. Blagbrough: 2001–September 2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gerhard H. Wheeler: September 2003-March 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David R.H. James: March 2006-August 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J. Lock: August 2008-March 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen N. Webb: March 2011-August 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel Shon R.D. Hackney: August 2013-2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul J. Clayton: 2015-August 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Owain D. Luke: August 2017-December 1919 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Streatfield: December 2019-

2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh (1

st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales from June

1969 until March 2006; disbanded April 2014):

Lieutenant-Colonel Lennox A.H. Napier: June 1969-July 1970 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian D.B. Mennell: July 1970-January 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H. Godwin-

Austen: January 1973-March 1975

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith J. Davey: March 1975-June 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin T.O. Lloyd: June 1977-February 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon R.A. Stocker: February 1980-July 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Grundy: July 1982-January 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David de G. Bromhead: January 1985-June 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher H. Elliott: June 1987-January 1990 **

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Peter Kerruish: January 1990-September 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Davies: September 1992-March 1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H.T. Aitken: March 1995-September 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Iain D. Cholerton: September 1997-2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Russell N. Wardle: 2000-2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip M.L. Napier: 2002-2005 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Huw Lloyd-Jones: 2005-January 2007 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James F.P. Swift: January 2007–July 2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Mark Wheeler: July 2009-December 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher B.K. Barry: December 2011-April 2014 *

1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers (until June 1969):

Lieutenant-Colonel P.J. Martin: April 1958-March 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert N. Deane: April 1960-February 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian (Tim) R. Evill: February 1963-February 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Nicholas Somerville: February 1965-December-1967 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Lennox A.H. Napier: December 1967-June 1969 **

1st Battalion, Welch Regiment (until June 1969):

Lieutenant-Colonel A.G. Roberts: December 1958-June 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm C.P. Stevenson:June 1961-July 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward A. Priestley: July 1963-May 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel A.D. Harrod: May 1966-June 1969 **

Royal Irish Regiment:

1992: merger of Royal Irish Rangers and Ulster Defence Regiment

2 Regular battalions

1993: 2nd Battalion renamed 1

st Battalion

1 Reserve battalion

(Royal Irish Rangers:

1968: merger of Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles and

Royal Irish Fusiliers

1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment (1

st Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers until

July 1992; 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers until July 1968):

Lietenant-Colonel Peter M. Slane: January 1960-April 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Percy J. Blake: April 1962-November 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Terence M. Troy: November 1964-February 1967 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfred J.C.G. Copinger

Symes: February 1967-May 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald D.J.R. Russell: May 1969-October 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mervyn N.S. McCord: October 1971-May 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Hiles: May 1974-September 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Clements: September 1976-October 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald J.B. Heard: October 1978-April 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony M.T. Moody: April 1981-October 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A. Phelan: October 1983-April 1986+

Lieutenant-Colonel John M.V.M. Cargin: April 1986-March 1989

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip C.C. Trousdell: April 1989-August 1991 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony M.F. Potter: August 1991-August 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Ewing Grimshaw: August 1993-February 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip St.J. L. Baxter; February 1994-August 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy C.W. Brooks: August 1996-October 1998 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon A. Fordham: October 1998-January 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy T.C. Collins: January 2001-2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark P. Hartigan: 2003-August 2005 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A.P. McGovern:August 2005-September 2007 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund B.M. Freely: September 2007-March 2010

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin J.R. Weir: March 2010-2012 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ivor M. Gardiner: July 2012-March 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Graham S. Shannon: March 2015-2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Lewis: 2017-

2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment (2

nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers until

July 1992; renamed 1st Battalion, August 1993; 1

st Battalion, Royal

Ulster Rifles until July 1968):

Lieutenant-Colonel William E.S. Sturgeon: November 1959-April 1962 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Corran W.B. Purdon: April 1962-October 1964 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Hamill: October 1964-February 1967

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Donald MacIntyre: February 1967-October 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Howard: October 1969-March 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive M. Brennan: March 1972-September 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas G. McCord: September 1974-March 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald McCrum: March 1977-August 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger N. Wheeler: August 1979-April 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian P.M.J. Naughten: April 1982-October 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Digby O’Lone: October 1984-February 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William S.D. Burke: February 1987-October 1989

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick J. Allen: October 1989-December 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Ewing Grimshaw: December 1991-August 1993 +

3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers (renumbered 1

st Battalion in November 1968;

1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers until July 1968):

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard C.P. Jefferies: April 1959-July 1961 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James H.S. Majury: July 1961-October 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Linford: October 1962-March 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis L. Ormerod: March 1965-1967 *

Lieutenant-Colonel the O’Morchoe: 1967-November 1968 **

1st Parachute Regiment:

Lieutenant-Colonel John Awdry: May 1959-February 1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard J. Pine-

Coffin: February 1961-May 1962

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick D.F. Thursby: May 1962-Octobr 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John D.C. Graham: October 1964-December 1966 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J.H. Walsh: December 1966-April 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael S. Gray: April 1969-July 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Wilford: July 1971-December 1973

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter S. Field: December 1973-July 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey J. Brierley: July 1976-February 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David M.G. Charles: February 1979-August 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian McLeod: August 1981-March 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael D. Jackson: March 1984-September 1986 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Reith: September 1986-December 1988 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Russell W. Trigger: December 1988-November 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony W.J. Kennett: November 1990-June 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey J.J. McFall: June 1993-October 1995

Lieutenant-Colonel Julian G. James: November 1995-April 1998

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul M. Gibson: April 1998-2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas R. Davies: 2000-2002 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas A. Beckett: 2002-2005 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark P. Christie: 2005-2007 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles P. Hill: 2007-June 2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M. Wright: June 2009-January 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward D. Sandry: January 2012-October 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alasdair J.E. Truett: October 2014-April 2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Langley C. Sharp: April 2017-2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander J. Hortop: October 2019-

2nd Parachute Regiment:

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis A. Beckett: April 1958-April 1960 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Frank D. King: April 1960-May 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Neale F. Gordon-Wilson:May 1962-November 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Eberhardie: November 1964-1966 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John M.H. Roberts: 1966-August 1968 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard W. Dawnay: August 1968-February 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey H.W. Howlett: February 1971-August 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin J. Bowden: August 1973-January 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David W.F. Taylor: January 1976-June 1978

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin G. Thomson: June 1978-January 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones: January 1981-May 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel David R. Chaundler: June 1982-July 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Parker: July 1984-April 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter E. Dennison: April 1987-August 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Clinton F. Hicks: August 1989-February 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian R. Freer: February 1992-August 1994 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David G. Benest: August 1994-March 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Jonathan

D. Shaw: March 1997-1999 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Chip Chapman: August 1999-November 2001 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James I. Bashall: November 2001-2004 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Chiswell: 2004-2006 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph S.S. O’Sullivan: 2006-2009 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew S.D. Harrison: 2009-2011 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Adam G. Dawson: 2011-November 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver J. Kingsbury: 2013-February 2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan J. Mann: February 2016-August 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew A. Taylor: August 2018-

3rd Parachute Regiment

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Forrester: November 1957-February 1960 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Roland C. Gibbs: February 1960-July 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony H. Farrar-

Hockley: July 1962-March 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis H. Scobie: March 1965-1967

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Antony Ward-Booth: 1967-February 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter I. Chiswell: February 1969-August 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel S. Gordon Lorimer: August 1971-March 1973

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith Spacie: March 1973-September 1975 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter S. Morton: September 1975-January 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Kay Coates: January 1978-August 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Hew W.R. Pike: August 1980-January 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert A. Smith: January 1983-1985 **

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Dair Farrar-Hockley:1985-September 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert D. Llewellin: September 1987-June 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel Hamish M. Fletcher: June 1988-March 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy W. Burls: March 1991-October 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Maldwyn S.H. Worsley-

Tonks: October 1993-August 1995

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Howard-Gash: August 1995-January 1998 +

Lientenant-Colonel Andrew C.P. Kennett: January 1998-August 2000 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David M. Limb: August 2000

Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Lorimer: August 2000-April 2003 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew P. Lowe: April 2003-November 2005 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart J.C. Tootal: November 2005-2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Huw S. Williams: 2008-2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Coates: 2010-September 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael W. Shervington:September 2012-May 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew T. Cansdale: May 2015-July 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Geoffrey Hargreaves: July 2016-February 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark A. Swann: February 2019-

Royal Gurkha Rifles:

1994: merger of 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 6

th Queen

Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own

Gurkha Rifles and 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles

3 Regular battalions (1st Battalion: ex-2

nd and 6

th’; 2

nd Battalion

Battalion: ex-7th; 3

rd Battalion: ex-10

th)

1996: 3rd Battalion disbanded

2019: 3rd Battalion re-established

1st Battalion, 2

nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (until July 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Montagu A. Ormsby: May 1958-October 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel H.Gordon W. Shakespear:October 1960-April 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Clements: April 1964-October 1965 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Eric D. Smith: October 1965-April 1968 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis R. Wood: April 1968-April 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John L. Chapple: April 1970-May 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Digby J. Willoughby: May 1972-October 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Smith: October 1975-September 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter R. Duffell: September 1978-March 1981 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A. Little: March 1981-October 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel M. Haynes: October 1983-March 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M. Venning: March 1986-October 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey S. Gates: October 1988-March 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel William F. Shuttlewood: March 1991-June 1994 +

2nd Battalion, 2

nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (until September 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Kemmis Betty: May 1958-September 1960

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael P.F. Jones: October 1960-April 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Dominic F. Neill: April 1963-December 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony B. Harrison: December 1965-July 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel John O. Lawes: July 1968-May 1971

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter T. Bowring: June 1971-May 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Rose: May 1974-September 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel John L. Parkes: September 1976-November 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce C. Jackman: November 1978-October 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon J. Beauchamp: October 1981-April 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Brewer: April 1984-November 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A. McNeil: November 1986-June 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher P. Lavender:June 1989-September 1992 +

1st Battalion, 6

th Queen’s Own Gurkha Rifles (until July 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Wynyard M. Amoore: November 1958-June 1961 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William B. Standbridge: June 1961-November 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel B.Gilbert Hickey: November 1963-May 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. McNaughton: May 1966-January 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel John Whitehead: January 1968-May 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph N.P. Reynolds: May 1969-December 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel James N. Kelly: December 1970-June 1973

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin J. Scott: June 1973-March 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J.F. Wardroper:March 1976-June 1978

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J.D. Bullock: June 1978-January 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul D. Pettigrew: January 1981-July 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert F. Richardson-

Aitken: July 1983-October 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Anderson: October 1985-March 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan H.M. Briggs: March 1988-March 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel A. Collett: March 1991-1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J.H. Hinton: 1993-July 1994 +

2nd Battalion, 6

th Queen’s Own Gurkha Rifles (renamed 1

st Battalion in June

1969):

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur G. Patterson: March 1959-June 1961 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Elliot T. Horsford: June 1961-October 1963

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony S. Harvey: October 1963-May 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger C. Neath: May 1966-1968

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph N.P. Reynolds: 1968-May 1969

1st Royal Gurkha Rifles (from July 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J.H. Hinton: July 1994-December 1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Bijaykumar Rawat: December 1995-May 1998

Lieutenant-Colonel Sean D. Crane: June 1998-January 2001 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel D.J. Rowe: January 2001-February 2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Craig Lawrence: February 2003–July 2005 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy C. St.J. Warrington:July 2005-July 2007

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Jonathan P. Bourne: July 2007-July 2009 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald M. Strickland: August 2009-August 2011 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Robinson: August 2011-January 2014 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jody P. Davies: January 2014-August 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles N.A. Crowe: August 2016-August 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher P.L. Conroy:August 2018-

2nd Gurkha Rifles (1

st Battalion, 7

th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles

until July 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard B. Kenney: October 1959-April 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John E. Heelis: April 1962-October 1965 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles S.F. Carroll: October 1965-October 1966 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis O. O’Leary: October 1966-March 1969

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan M. Jenkins: March 1969-June 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Iain M. Elliott: June 1971-February 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel K.G. Robinson: February 1974-September 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Miles G. Hunt-Davis: September 1976-April 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas G. Blackford: April 1979-October 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel David P. De C. Morgan: October 1981-April 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel R.St.J. Warren: April 1984-October 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert C. Couldrey: October 1986-April 1989

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael H. Kefford: April 1989-August 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David R. D’A. Willis: August 1991-April 1994 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David G. Hayes: July 1994-November 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark W.L. Theobald: November 1996-April 1998 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark M. Lillingston-

Price: April 1998-May 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian N.A. Thomas: May 2001-November 2003 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian A. Rigden: November 2003-April 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel C.David Wombell: April 2006-April 2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher B. Darby: April 2008-October 2010

Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser J. Rea: October 2010-April 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus H. Reedman: April 2013-August 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James C. Murray: August 2015-July 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David T. Pack: July 2018-2020

2nd Battalion, 7

th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles (disbanded in August

1970; reformed October 1981 until January 1987):

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward R. Hill: January 1959-June 1961 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan N. Seagrim: June 1961-January 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Bertram F.L. Rooney: January 1964-July 1966+

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J. Fisher: July 1966-July 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John M.C.T.Thornton: July 1968-July 1970 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Evan D. Powell-Jones: October 1981-November 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Dawson: November 1983-January 1987

3rd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles (1

st Battalion, 10

th Princess Mary’s Own

Gurkha Rifles until July 1994; amalgamated with 2nd Battalion,

November 1996):

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Montagu: September 1960-March 1963 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward J.S. Burnett: April 1963-November 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald W.T. McAlister: November 1965-March 1968 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan R. Green: March 1968-August 1970 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Roberts: August 1970-December 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Pike: December 1972-September 1975

Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce M. Niven: September 1975-September 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael G. Allen: September 1977-April 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin A. Lees: April 1980-November 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark T. Cook: November 1982-April 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles T. Newton-Dunn:April 1985-March 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Litherland: March 1988-November 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard N.A. Lewis: November 1990-May 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter T.C. Pearson: May 1993-December 1995 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark W.L. Theobald: December 1995-July 1996 +

2nd Battalion, 10

th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles (disbanded September

1968):

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony B. Taggart: 1959-April 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James A.I. Fillingham: April 1962-October 1964

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter O. Myers: October 1964-September 1968 *

ROYAL ARTILLERY REGIMENTS, 1970-

The following regular R.A. Regiments were disbanded, placed in suspended

animation or amalgamated with other regiments between 1964 and 1991:

21st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment: June 1964

37th Heavy Air Defence Regiment: April 1968

6th Light Regiment: May 1968

18th Light Regiment: February 1969

34th Light Air Defence Regiment: December 1969

95th Commando Light Regiment: downgraded May 1971

20th Light Regiment: disbanded March 1976

42nd Heavy Regiment: February 1977

24th Missile Regiment: March 1977

36th Heavy Air Defence Regiment: December 1977

25th Field Regiment: April 1984

Since 1992 the following regiments (listed below) have been similarly removed:

1992: 49th Regiment

1993: 2nd Regiment, 27

th Regiment, 45

th Regiment, 50

th Regiment, 94

th Regiment

1995: 17th Regiment

2004: 22nd Regiment

2012: 40th Regiment

2015: 39th Regiment

1st Royal Horse Artillery:

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin B. Farndale: 1971-November 1973 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Learmont: November 1973-January 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Michael Jones: January 1976-August 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Humphrey H. Mews: August 1978-August 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael T. Tennant: August 1980-February 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A. Willcocks: February 1983-July 1985 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J. Granville-

Chapman: July 1985-January 1988 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Brendan C. Lambe: January 1988–July 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William O. Cook: July 1990-December 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew S. Ritchie: December 1992-May 1995 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin W. Tadier: May 1995-November 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew R. Gregory: November 1997-2000 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin D. Abraham: 2000 -2002 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David M. Cullen: 200 -2005 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Marshall: 2005-2007 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon L. Humphrey: 2007-2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy M.J. Bennett: 2009-2012 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R. Elviss: 2012-June 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A. Hewitt: June 2014-August 2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil J.M. Budd: August 2016-March 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon R. Thomson: April 2019-

3rd Royal Horse Artillery(3

rd Field Regiment until December 1961 and from April

1966 until February 1973; 3rd Airportable Regiment until March 1964; 3

rd Light

Regiment until May 1965 and from February 1973 until March 1975; 3rd Medium

Regiment until April 1966 and from March 1975 until December 1977 when

placed in suspended animation; re-established in April 1984 as 3rd Field Regiment

until December 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard B. Trant: 1968-1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Anthony J. Budd: 1971-February 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Bettridge: February 1973-September 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.V. Biles: September 1975-December 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham S. Hollands: April -August 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John G.W. Dean: August 1984-February 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel George R.S. Broke: February 1987-June 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick R. Viggers: June 1989-November 1991 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Richards: November 1991-July 1994 **

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Matthew M. Sykes: August 1994-April 1997 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew D.H. Budd: April 1997-August 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard L. Barrons: August 1999-2001 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas D. Ashmore: 2001-June 2004 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Iain G. Harrison: June 2004-December 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian R. Bell: December 2006–June 2009 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart C. Williams: June 2009-November 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Mead: November 2011-2014 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew J.P. Murphy: 2014-2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Gent: 2016-May 2019 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon E. Harris: May 2019-

7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (7

th Field Regiment from January

1977 until March 1984):

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Peter Weighill: June 1969-September 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Cornock: January 1974-July 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Iain G. Jack: July 1976-January 1979 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles G. Arnold: January 1979-July 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter R.F. Landrey: July 1981-November 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel W.F. Richards: November 1983-July 1986 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Lewin: July 1986-December 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R. Raworth: December 1988-October 1991 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin D. Arnold: October 1991-March 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher C. Brown: March 1994-August 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Moore: September 1996-November 1998 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan R.K. Francis: 200 -200 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J. Shepherd: 200 –200 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David Hammond: 200 –August 2007

Lieutenant-Colonel James J. Learmont: August 2007-January 2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gary P. Wilkinson: January 2010-May 2012 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William R. Lynch: May 2012-January 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew J. Birch: January 2015-May 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Morton: May 2017-September 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Baker: September 2019-

2nd Field Regiment( 2

nd Support Regiment from June 1979 until March 1982;

disbanded in December 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Tomlinson: 1970-1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Marsh: December 1974-January 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm R.S. O’Connor: January 1977-December 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A. Ewing: December 1978-July 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael G.R. Anderson: July 1981-January 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John Milne: July 1986-December 1988

Lieutenant-Colonel David E. Radcliffe: January 1989-September 1991 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Janis Kazocins: September 1991-December 1993 *

4th Field Regiment (4

th Light Regiment from February 1974 to January 1977):

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael T. Skinner: June 1972-December 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh E.P. Colley: September 1977-June 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Holt: June 1980-October 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas J. Bremridge: October 1982-January 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Patrick: January 1985-September 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard K.Williams: September 1987-March 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A. Charlton-

Weedy: March 1990-September 1992 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J. Faith: September 1992-January 1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W.H. Purdy: September 1997-2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert E. Robson: 2000-2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark C. Neate: 2002-September 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek J. Hudson: September 2004-January 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gregory Cole: January 2007 -2009 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J.M. Squier: 2009-2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard D. Wallwork: 2011-2013

Lieutenant-Colonel W. John Catto: 2013-2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert N. Alston: 2016-July 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Hakes: July 2018-

5th (Surveillance and Target Acquisition from April 1998)) Regiment (5

th

Airportable Regiment from November 1961 to March 1964; 5th Light Regiment

from August 1969 to November 1972; 5th Heavy Regiment from November 1972

until April 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel David H. Hodge: February 1974-February 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Templer: February 1977-1978 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony C. P. Stone: November 1980-April 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger M. Vere: April 1983-October 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gene Kerr: October 1985-April 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard V. Kelly: April 1988-October 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David R. Potts: March 1996-March 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James R.J. Baxter: April 1998-2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas M.A. Fleetwood: 2000-2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew J.G. Carter: 2003-2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Musgrave: 200 –March 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M. Hayhurst: March 2010-February 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Thomson: February 2012-July 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Hart: July 2014-2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel J. Shepherd: 2017-September 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher O’Halloran: September 2019-

12th Regiment(12

th (Light) Air Defence Regiment from April 1964 until April 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard F. Vincent: 1970-June 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Cross: June 1972-December 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter I. Rowell: December 1974-September 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Crawshaw: September 1977-April 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael C. Bowden: April 1980-January 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John I. Johnston: January 1983-August 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham F.W. Smith: August 1985-November 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Peter N. Currie: November 1987-April 1990 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter C. Villalard: April 1990-October 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark N. Pountain: October 1997-November 1999 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian J. Bayless: November 1999-February 2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel T. Jefferson: February 2002-July 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan C. Campbell: July 2004-2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert L. Pizzi: 2006-2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas S. Pond: 2008–July 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew J.G. Rimmer: July 2011-January 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles H. Malec: January 2014-June 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Taylor: June 2016-July 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles More: June 2018-

14th Regiment(14

th Light Regiment from June 1967 to July 1971 when disbanded;

re-established in December 1984):

Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Wilson: December 1989-October 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Lewthwaite: 199 -199 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter H.S. Baker: August 2005-January 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark J. Thornhill: January 2008-June 2010 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mathew J. Allott: June 2010-January 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul R. Bates: January 2013-September 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul McCaffrey: September 2015-January 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Buxton: January-June 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew D. Swannell: June 2018-

16th Regiment( 16

th (Light) Air Defence Regiment from March 1964 until April

1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Leon M. Halfpenny: March 1971-September 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek M. Jones: September 1973-December 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan F. Gordon: May 1978-December 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James D. Middleton: July 1983-Jauary 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas G. Quarrelle: July 1988-January 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen M. Gledhill: July 1993-March 1996 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel B. Philipott: March 1996-March 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gregory L. Butt: 2001-September 2002

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Scouller: September 2002-February 2005 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Barry W. Jenkins: February 2005-September 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard C. Couzens: September 2007-January 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James I.R. Phillips: February 2010-October 2012 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Pullan: October 2012-2015 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James E. Mardlin: 2015-May 2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Coton: May 2017-September 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher M. Lane: September 2019-

17th Depot Regiment (Depot Regiment from June 1974; disbanded March 1995):

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward J. Mayo: September 1972-August 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J.R. Symonds: February 1985-December 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick R. Viggers: December 1993-December 1994 **

19th Regiment ( 19

th Support Regiment from April 1974 until September 1979):

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy J.S. Eastwood: July 1974-January 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh B. de Fonblanque: January 1977-December 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander G.H. Harley: December 1979-March 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Rodney C. Walker: October 1984-February 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J. Rice: August 1989-February 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul C. C.Molyneaux: February 1992-August 1994 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A.D. Applegate: August 1994-October 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael D. Relph: October 1996-January 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A. Fox: January 1999-2001 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan D. Calder-

Smith: September 2003-April 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William J.F. Bramble: April 2006-March 2008 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M. Lewis: March 2008-April 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew P.L. Dawes: June 2010-February 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John E.K. Oldroyd: February 2013-2015 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A. Forster: 2015-2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Beaumont: 2017-

20th Regiment (Heavy from 1966 until 1971; Medium from 1971 until 1975; Light

from 1975 until disbanded in 1976):

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Atkinson: August 1972-November 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Howarth: November 1974-March 1976 *

22nd Field Regiment(disbanded March 2004):

Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Ferguson: October 1969-May 1972

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick R.S. Smith: September 1974-March 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael F.L. Shellard: March 1977-September 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Raeburn H. Leighton: September 1979-March 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Louis A. Wilkes: March 1982-November 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William B. Stevens: November 1984-April 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith H.N. Prentice: October 1989-March 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen O. Thomas: 199 -199 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Huw R. Lawford: April 1999-February 2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert B. Caldwell: February 2002-2004 +

24th Missile Regiment (disbanded March 1977):

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Pegg: March 1971-July 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David E.A. Tucker: November 1975-March 1977 +

25th Field Regiment (Light from 1968 until 1974; disbanded in April 1984):

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A.C. Murray: May 1972-October 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William E. Winder: December 1976-March 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W.S. Hall: March 1979-August 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham S. Hollands: September 1981-April 1984 **

26th Field Regiment:

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Springett: June 1971-December 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J. David W. Goodman: December 1973-June 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Neville M. Pughe: June 1976-December 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter R.F. Bonnet: December 1978-June 1981 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh E. Welby-Everard: February 1984-October 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark A. Corbet-Burcher: April 1989-October 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian D.S. Campbell: October 1991-February 1994 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Nicholls: February 1994-August 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian J. Foster: August 1996-February 1999 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce Brealey: February 1999-2001 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas H. Eeles: 2001-July 2003 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Julian R. Free: July 2003-July 2005 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart R. Skeates: July 2005-July 2007 **

Lieutenant-Colonel L. Karl Ford: August 2007-August 2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy F. Law: August 2009-March 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy E.G. Sharpe: March 2012-March 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Karl R. Harris: March 2015-2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Kieran Sheldon: 2017-

27th Field Regiment (Medium from 1967 until 1977; disbanded March 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest C. Bromby: July 1971-November 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey C. Safford: November 1973-May 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Denton: May 1976-July 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian G. Townsend: January 1981-July 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund F.G. Burton: July 1983-December 1985 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James C. Longfield: December 1985-June 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip R. Wilkinson: June 1988 –March 1991

29th Commando Regiment:

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian T. Pennicott: October 1977-January 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Holroyd-Smith: January 1980-July 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John R.D. Andrew: July 1982-December 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian G.C. Durie: December 1984-June 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony L. Moorby: June 1987-December 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham L. Kerr: December 1989-July 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher R. Romberg: July 1992-1995 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian R. Sinclair: 1995-1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick A. Duncan: 1997-2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon P. Wolsey: 2001-May 2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Haldenby: May 2004-September 2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil A. Wilson: September 2006-2009 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M. Smith: 2009-2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward J.M. Dawes: 2011-2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jon P. Creswell: 2014-2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark A.A. Dornan: 2017-

32nd Regiment (Light from 1972 until 1978; Guided Weapons from 1978 until 1985;

Heavy from 1985):

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian W. Davis: 1971-1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony D. Bennett: July 1976-November 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick A.R. Prior: September 1981-December 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian K. Forward: December 1983-January 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Wagstaffe: January 1985-October 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Barrie J. Fairman: October 1987-April 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter H. Marwood: April 1990-October 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis H.A. Blease: October 1992-May 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald W. Berragan: October 1997-February 2000 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin J. Brundle: February 2000-2002

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark G. Lacey: 2002–July 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas O. Fitzgerald: July 2004-2006*

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas P. McRobb: 2006-March 2009

Lieutenant-Colonel Sebastian G. Heath: March 2009-May 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Craig Palmer: May 2011-December 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel Nathan M. Sempala-Ntege: December 2013-February 2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James Palmer: February 2016-August 2016

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Harmer: August 2018-

36th Heavy Air Defence Regiment (disbanded in December 1977):

Lieutenant-Colonel Albert J.A. Brett: February 1969-May 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James C. Groom: May 1971-January 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham C. Monk: January 1974-January 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J.F. Painter: January 1976-September 1977 +

39th Regiment (Medium from 1972 until 1977; Heavy from 1982 until 1993;

disbanded February 2015):

Lieutenant-Colonel M. Noel Nagle: July 1968-April 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Guy H. Watkins: August 1973-September 1975 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J.H. Hudson: September 1975-June 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair J. McD. Clark: June 1978-September 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher S. Faith: September 1980-March 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Neiil P.S. O’Connor: March 1983-September 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan M. Gordon-Smith: October 1985-March 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian D. Wheelwright: March 1988-August 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter B. Williams: August 1990-February 1992 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J.S. Smith: March 1993-July 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas A. Clisssitt: August 1995-March 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive A. Knightley: March 1998-2001

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael G. Redmond: 2001-200 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy N.J. Wordsworth: July 2005-September 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Tombleson: 2009-April 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M. Clements: April 2012-February 2015 *

40th Field Regiment (disbanded June 2012):

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony J.B. Stagg: February 1969-September 1971 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard G. Crowe: February 1974-September 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas D.G. Quayle: September 1976-March 1979 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard S. Mountford: March 1979-September 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David H.C. Creswell: September 1981-March 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive Fletcher-Wood: November 1986-April 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Rory R.H. Clayton: April 1989–October 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan B.A. Bailey: October 1991-December 1993 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David A.H. Shaw: July 1996-November 1998 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E. Nugee: 2003-May 2005 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Martyn J. Gamble: May 2005-September 2007 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Owen W. Adams: September 2007-January 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Barry W. Bennett: January 2010-June 2012 *

42nd Regiment (Heavy until disbanded in February 1977):

Lieutenant-Colonel Jasper M. Browell: August 1970-May 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian K. Warner: May 1973-August 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Templer: August 1975-February 1977 **

45th Field Regiment (Light until January 1977: disbanded May 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J. Ellwood: May 1970-November 1972 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony R.N. Weston: September 1975-March 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey P.R. Ransby: March 1978-October 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James C.M. Gordon: October 1980-March 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J.B. Copeland: March 1983-October 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel M. Shane Rutter-Jerome: October 1985-September 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith A. Price: September 1988-January 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John J. Keeling: February 1991-May 1993 *

47th Regiment (Light from 1965 until 1981):

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Staveley: 1969-1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Edward Killick: February 1974-August 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth A. Timbers: August 1976-November 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis S. Williams: November 1978-July 1981 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Norman R. Arnell: September 1981-January 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark G. Douglas-Withers: January 1984-August 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Wallace: January 1989-January 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan R.W. Dutton: January 1991-July 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher C. Wilson: July 1993-December 1995 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard H. Bounsall: December 1995-June 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Tinsley: June 1998-November 2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H.G. Weighill: November 2000-March 2003 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew V. Carwardine: 200 -2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Kelly: 2007–February 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew J. Crisp: February 2010-September 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas T. Sawyer: September 2012-2015 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul M. Dupuy: 2015-February 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony Neylan: February 2017-November 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Britton: November 2019-

49th Regiment(disbanded September 1992):

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. Spackman: August 1972-March 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel P. Robin Duchesne: March 1975-August 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony D. Morland: August 1977-January 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Jones: January 1980-May 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher R. Burson: May 1982-January 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M. Lambe: January 1985-November 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander D. Deuchar: October 1987-June 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher D. Lunn: June 1990-October 1992 *

50th Missile Regiment (disbanded March 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony V. Young: November 1971-May 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Bennett: May 1974-March 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel William M. Morgan: June 1978-January 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Morris: January 1981-June 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel M.J.N. Richards: June 1983-December 1985 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter B. Kirby: December 1985-June 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy R. Dumas: June 1988-April 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip G. Barry: May 1991-April 1993 +

94th Locating Regiment (disbanded September 1993):

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan R.L. Wheatcroft: July 1972-November 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph J. Crossley: November 1974-June 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A.K. Smith: July 1977-January 1980 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian B.R. Fowler: June 1982-October 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian K. Forward: February 1985-July 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Smythe: 198 -19 *

95th Commando Light Regiment (downgraded March 1971):

Lieutenant-Colonel Trefor R. Jones: October 1970-April 1971

Missing:

1) 5th Regiment, 2006-2008?

2) 19th Regiment, 2001-September 2003

3) 39th Regiment: September 2007-2009

4) 47th Regiment: March 2003-2005?

ROYAL ENGINEER GROUPS AND REGIMENTS

12 (Force Support) Engineer Group (12 (Air Support) Engineer Brigade from

1997 until 2005; Group from April 2005 until August 2014):

Colonel William A. Bailey: November 1997-200

Colonel Andrew M. Mills: June 2005-January 2008

Colonel Frank R. Noble: January 2008-January 2010 *

Colonel Andrew W. Phillips: March 2010-January 2013

Colonel Jason C. Rhodes: January 2013-December 2014

Colonel Matthew Quare: December 2014-September 2017

Colonel Thomas G.J. Marsden: September 2017-March 2020

Colonel Simon D. Millar: March 2020-

25 (Close Support) Engineer Group (established in August 2014 from

Commander, Royal Engineers, 3rd (U.K.) Division):

Colonel Ian M. Caws: 2000-July 2002 *

Colonel Timothy P. Grimshaw: September 2002-July 2005

Colonel Ian G. Hitchcock: July 2005-

Colonel Andrew J.P. Barr: February 2011-September 2013 *

Colonel Charles S.E. Thackway: September 2013-October 2015

Colonel Paul B. (Jack) Nicholson: October 2015-June 2019

Colonel Stephen W. Davies: June 2019-

29 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search) Engineer Group (29 (Corps

Support) Engineer Brigade from 1997 until 200 ; 29 (Land Support) Group

from April 2005 until 2008):

Colonel Robert J. Griffiths: January 1997-May 1998

Colonel John M.Heron: September 1998-200

Colonel Nigel H.W. Fenn: April 2005-August 2007

Colonel Stephen P. Hodder: August 2007-December 2008 *

Colonel Jonathan A.H. Welch: January 2009-March 2012

Colonel A. Gareth Bex (RLC): March 2012-2017

Colonel Adam D. McRae (RLC): November 2017-June 2018

Colonel David A. Reyland (RLC): June 2018-

170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group (established in April 2005 from

Military Works Force):

Colonel J. David McIlroy: August 2006-April 2009

Colonel Steven P.W. Boyd: January 2011-January 2013 *

Colonel David J. Brambell: January 2013-September 2015

Colonel James Crawford: September 2015-August 2017 *

Colonel Peter T. Quaite: August 2017-August 2020

Colonel Gavin P. Hatcher: August 2020-

21st Engineer Regiment (re-established in April 1969; renamed 1

st Armoured

Division Engineer Regiment from April 1978 until January 1981):

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Peter Campbell: April 1969-March 1970 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan C.S. Ross: March 1970-September 1972 *

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Jeremy Rougier: September 1972-November 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas S. Sneyd: November 1974-March 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard L. Peck: March 1977-September 1979 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John A.J.P. Barr: September 1979-January 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Hyde: January 1982-April 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas R. Wright: April 1984-October 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher L. Elliott: October 1986-November 1988 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Moore-Bick: November 1988-May 1991 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Pinel: May 1991-August 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark F.N. Mans: August 1993-January 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony D. Harking: January 1996-February 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey A. Nield: February 1998-May 2000 *

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Mark Ruddy: May 2000-July 2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Bowden: July 2002-December 2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J. Cavanagh: December 2004-2007 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Walton-Knight: 2009-February 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul B. (Jack) Nicholson: February 2012-August 2014 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jason Ainley: August 2014-January 2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel D. Hughes: March 2017-July 2019

22nd (Armoured) Engineer Regiment (re-established September 1970):

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Barry Pollard: September 1970-May 1971 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Grey: May 1971-January 1974 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A. Pinder: January 1974-January 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel John A.M. Evans: January 1976-May 1978 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis G. Sugden: May 1978-October 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Harold H. Kerr: October 1980-March 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew F.S. Baines: March 1983-September 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel Karol J. Drewienkiewicz: September 1985-December 1987 **

Lieutenant-Colonel James D.C. Anderson: December 1987-May 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew S. Craig: May 1990-November 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David R. ff Innes: November 1992-January 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel N. Hamish Rollo: January 1995-December 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Wootton: January 1997-March 1999 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin J. Boag: March 1999-2001 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard R. Davis: 2001-2004 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Tyrone R. Urch: 2004-January 2006 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J.P. Barr: January 2006-July 2008 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J. Noble: July 2008–December 2010

Lieutenant-Colonel Jason R. Kerr: December 2010-November 2013 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Bickers: February 2016-August 2018 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark A.S. Baker: August 2018-

23rd Parachute Engineer Regiment (re-established in April 1969; amalgamated

with 25th Engineer Regiment in September 1976 (to form 2

nd Armoured

Division Engineer Regiment); re-established in January 1983; disbanded in

1993; but reformed in January 2003 as 23rd Air Assault Regiment):

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian S. Read: April 1969-December 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald T. Cholerton: December 1970-June 1973

Lieutenant-Colonel C. William Woodburn: June 1973-January 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward G. Willmott: January 1976-September 1976 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Lucken: January 1983-November 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Austin Thorp: November 1985-March 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel P. John Russell-Jones: March 1988-October 1990 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Beaton: October 1990-March 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Hoskinson: March 1992-April 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher L. Tickell: January 2003-2005 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Hutchison: May 2005-August 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David Radford-Wilson: August 2007–January 2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Frazer J. Ross: January 2010-February 2012 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jason A. Hones: February 2012-July 2014 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John L. Clark: July 2014-September 2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon J. Carvel: September 2016-March 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy Robinson: March 2019-

24th Commando Regiment, Royal Engineers (re-established in April 2008):

Lieutenant-Colonel James Weedon: April 2008-May 2010

Lieutenant-Colonel Leigh Tingey: May 2010-December 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Benedict H.G. Campbell-

Colquhoun: January 2013-August 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas J. Salberg: August 2015-September 2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Iain Lamont: September 2017-April 2020

25th Engineer Regiment (merged with 23

rd Engineer Regiment to form 2

nd

Armoured Division Engineer Regiment in 1976; re-established in January 1981;

Air Support Regiment from 2007 until disbanded in 2012):

Lieutenant-Colonel Derek G.M. Fletcher: April 1958-November 1960 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Hanson: November 1969-May 1963 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick R. Howell: May 1963-September 1965

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony C.G. Jones: September 1965-1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Edward Fursdon: 1967-November 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter H. Brazier: November 1969-January 1972

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan R. Alford: January 1972-July 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham R. Owens: July 1974-September 1976 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward G. Willmott: September 1976-November 1978 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham B. Fawcus: November 1978-April 1981 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Gregor B.L. Campbell: April 1981-December 1983 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony D. Pigott: December 1983-April 1986 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin O’Donoghue: April 1986-April 1988 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian T. Brett: April 1988-November 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Hoskinson: November 1990-February 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew C. Mantell: August 1992-December 1994 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael G. McAlpine: December 1994-January 1997

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian M. Caws: January 1997-November 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher R.J. Sloane: November 1998-October 2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Carew L. Wilks: October 2000-October 2002 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M. Cliffe: October 2002-October 2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Frank R. Noble: 2005-2007 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Jason Rhodes: April 2010-September 2011

26th (Armoured Close Support)Engineer Regiment (re-established in April 1969;

3rd Armoured Division Engineer Regiment from January 1978 until January

1981; disbanded in May 1994; re-established in 2000):

Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Groom: April 1969-June 1970 **

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Nigel J. Withall: June 1970-June 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John R.M. Hill: June 1972-December 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David H.A. Swinburn: December 1974-July 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel William R.C. Timpson: July 1977-January 1978

Lieutenant-Colonel W.Ian C. Dobbie: January 1978-May 1980 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David A. Grove: May 1980-October 1982 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Scott C. Grant: October 1982-January 1985 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard H. Whittington: January 1985-February 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy R. Harrison: February 1987-August 1989

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy G. Hoddinott: August 1989-February 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Albert E. Whitley: February 1992-May 1994 **

Lieutenant-Colonel J.J. Jacques Lemay: 2000-2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Cripwell: 2002-2004 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Pardy: 2004-January 2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ivan B.L. Jones: January 2007 –January 2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David D. Casey: January 2009-July 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Ridge: August 2011-November 2013 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph E. Fossey: November 2013-2015 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Battey: 2015-May 2016

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon P.M. Doyle: May 2016-October 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel William S. Turner: October 2018-

28th Engineer Regiment (re-established as 28

th Amphibious Engineer Regiment

in April 1970; disbanded in June 2014):

Lieutenant-Colonel H. John Goodson: August 1970-February 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick J. Walsh: February 1973-August 1975

Lieutenant-Colonel John J. Stibbon: August 1975-September 1977 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark E. Coe: September 1977-October 1979

Lieutenant-Colonel Eric H. Barker: October 1979-January 1982*

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph J.J. Thompson: January 1982-October 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John C.M. Taylor: October 1984-February 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel John W.F. Sweeting: February 1987-November 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas H.E. Foulkes: November 1989-May 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Steven F. Sherry: June 1992-January 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel R.A. Mungo S. Melvin: January 1995-February 1997 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan G. Mullin: February 1997-1999 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew M. Mills: 1999-2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Callum N.R. Skeat: 2002-2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair S. Dickinson: 2004-2006 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip E. Sherwood: October 2006-November 2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew T.G. Bazeley: December 2009-July 2011 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R.M. Story: July 2011-June 2014 *

32nd Armoured Engineer Regiment (re-established in September 1964; disbanded

in September 1977 but reformed in January 1980):

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Page: October 1964-April 1967 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley T. Baldry: April 1967-June 1969 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Fowles: June 1969-December 1971 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick R.T. Driscoll: December 1971-June 1974

Lieutenant-Colonel A.Christopher D. Lloyd: June 1974-October 1976 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark E. Coe: October 1976-September 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Michael Crawshaw: April 1980-March 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. McKeown: March 1982-October 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Mackie: October 1984-March 1986

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A. Evans: March 1986-October 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alwyn R.E. Hutchinson: October 1988-May 1991 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin R.C. Munnoch: May-December 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard D. Richards: January 1992-April 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter A. Wall: May 1994-August 1996 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen P. Hodder: August 1996-November 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Barry J. Le Grys: January 1999-2001 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard J. Semple: 2003-February 2006 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles S.E. Thackway: February 2006-January 2009 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen W. Davies: 201 –July 2014 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter S. Rowell: July 2014-November 2016 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Katherine Hislop: November 2016-January 2019

33rd Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) (established in May 1973):

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin C. Plummer: May 1973-January 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon J. Chave: January 1974-August 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Fraser-Allen: August 1976-May 1979

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H. Aylmore: May 1979-November 1981 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Howgate: November 1981-August 1984

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher P.R. Bates: August 1984-June 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alasdair A. Wilson: June 1986-October 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael H.H. Brooke: October 1988-November 1991 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian M. Daniell: November 1991-February 1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher M. Sexton: February 1994-February 1996 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter M. Davies: February 1996-March 1998 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham K. Gibbs: March 1998-200 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Shanahan: July 200 -July 2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony G.L.P. Troulan: July 2003-September 2005

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Langford: September 2005-November 2007

Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Southall: November 2007-March 2010 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon L. Bell: March 2010-May 2012

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon P. Stockley: May 2012-September 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Eldon N.S. Millar: September 2014-June 2015 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon N. Bradley: June 2015-2017 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel R. Stuthridge: 2017-

35th Engineer Regiment(4

th Armoured Division Engineer Regiment from

December 1977 until January 1981; disbanded in 201 ):

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Woods: May 1959-November 1960 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin H. Cowan: November 1960-March 1963 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian J. Coombe: May 1963-November 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry E.M.L. Garrett: November 1965-May 1968 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John H.G. Stevens: May 1968-July 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Matthews: July 1970-September 1972 **

Lieutenant-Colonel D.C. Whitten: September 1973-May 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis G. Bevan: May 1975-August 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie F.H. Busk: August 1977-December 1979 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick R. Ievers: January 1980-July 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Sheppard: July 1982-October 1984 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy D.R. Streeten: October 1984-April 1987

Lieutenant-Colonel Brian R. Isbell: April 1987-April 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Field: April 1990-January 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Durance: January 1993-June 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Neil M. Fairclough: June 1995–July 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey C.W. Dodds: July 1997-December 1999 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Shaun A. Burley: December 1999-March 2002 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas G. Baveystock: March 2002-July 2004 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert J. Rider: July 2004-2006 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul A. Buttery: 2006–July 2009 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin M. Copsey: July 2009-May 2012 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard C. Brown: May 2012-August 2014 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Guy J. Boxall: August 2014-October 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Irena Dzisiewska: May 2017-May 2019

36th Engineer Regiment:

Lieutenant-Colonel Allan E. Younger: February 1960-January 1962 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey T.E. Westbrook: January 1962-July 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Serge A. Frosell: July 1964-April 1966 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James N. Holden: April 1966-July 1968 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Popham: July 1968-December 1970 **

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Hooper: January 1971-July 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel James B. Awford: July 1973-January 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive W. Beckett: January 1976-June 1978 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A.E.W. Black: June 1978-October 1980

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey W. Field: October 1980-June 1983 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A. Oliver: June 1983-November 1985 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian D.T. McGill: November 1985-April 1988 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick Macdonald: April 1988-September 1990 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher N. Guthkelch:September 1990-September 1993 +

Lieutenant-Colonel D.Robert Burns: September 1993-September 1995 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert C. Hendicott: September 1995-December 1997 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael P. Carter: December 1997-2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alistair C. Sheppard: 2000-2002 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher M. Pope: 2002-200 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Hudson: 200 -200 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Wardlaw: January 2007-June 2009 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon J. Hulme: July 2009-December 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward G. Robinson: December 2011-July 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard G. Walker: July 2014-November 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Hawkins: November 2016-May 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark S. Jones: May 2018-

37th Engineer Regiment( re-established in 1967; disbanded in August 1974 but

reformed in August 1982; disbanded in March 1985):

Lieutenant-Colonel David J.N. Genet: September 1967-March 1970 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard W. Dowdall: March 1970-August 1972 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Whitehorn: August 1972-August 1974 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick R. Ievers: August 1982-February 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis A.F. Daniell: February-October 1983

Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Lucken: October 1983-February 1984 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Barry J. Sanderson: July-November 1984 *

38th Engineer Regiment (disbanded in 2013):

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard L. Clutterbuck: July 1958-January 1961 **

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Willison: January 1961-May 1963 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian R.R. Hollyer: May 1963-February 1965 *

Lieutenant-Colonel J.D. Walker: February 1965-August 1967 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Foster: August 1967-November 1969 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael G.L. Roberts: November 1969-January 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J.V. Kendall: January 1972-June 1974 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Symons: June 1974-May 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas H. Thompson: May 1977-September 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel A.L. Curtis: September 1979-1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael W. Stott: 1982-August 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Nigel H. Lacey: August 1984-October 1986 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher M. Davies: October 1986-November 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon MacDonald: November 1988-June 1991

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith H. Cima: June 1991-September 1993 **

Lieutenant-Colonel A.W.Hamish H. MacLeod:September 1993-January 1996

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy W.R. Thorn: January 1996-April 1998 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy P. Grimshaw: May 1998-2000 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Iain S. James: 2000-200 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert G. Lowth: 200 -200 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew D. Bellingall: 200 -2007 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger G. Lewis: 2007-2009 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin J. Hughes: 2009-2012 *

39th Engineer Regiment (re-established in March 1967 as Airfields Regiment until

June 1977; Air Support Regiment from 2006):

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip G.L. Mitchley: March-November 1967 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Rowland W. Bird: November 1967-May 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel D. Clifford: May 1970-November 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Jukes-Hughes: November 1972-May 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John N.S. Drake: May 1975-October 1977 *

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Neil Carlier: October 1977-April 1980 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael J. Payne: April 1980-October 1982 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David M. Adamson: October 1982-April 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond A. Bradbury: April 1985-October 1987 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Denys M. Gill: October 1987-April 1990 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Pridham: April 1990-May 1992 *

Lieutenant-Colonel David R. Bill: August 1992-November 1994 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark A.C. Hughes: December 1994-June 1997 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan D. Macklin: June 1997-March 1999 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Rose: March 1999-September 2001

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard P. Brent: July 2006-2009

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon A. Lawrence: 2009-March 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew J.S. Sturrock: March 2011-December 2013 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas G.J. Marsden: December 2013-March 2016 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James D. Webster: March 2016-October 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel Jamie D. Stuart: October 2018-

42nd Engineer Regiment (Geographic) (Survey Engineer Regiment until disbanded

in 1985; re-established in 2000):

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Walmsley-White: May 1959-January 1962 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest P.J. Williams: January 1962-March 1964 *

Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Neale: March 1964-December 1965 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert S.J. Ireland: December 1965-January 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas R. Burrows: January 1968-November 1970

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert M.W. Busk: November 1970-September 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel George R. Gathercole: September 1973-December 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher N. Thompson:December 1975-August 1978 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter E. Andrews: August 1978-December 1980

Lieutenant-Colonel Noel H. Charles: December 1980-1982

Lieutenant-Colonel John A.C. Read: 1982-October 1985

Lieutenant-Colonel John D. Kedar: March 2001-2003 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark R.H. Burrows: 2003-April 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert G. Dash: April 2006-2008

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham M. Livesey: 2008-2010 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony R. Wilby: 2010–December 2012 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard M. Blunt: December 2012-June 2015 +

Lieutenant-Colonel L. Nicole Bell: June 2015-August 2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul M. Hammett: August 2017-

1st Training Regiment (until 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel John H.S. Read: August 1959-December 1961 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian H.S. Hannay: December 1961-February 1964 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W.T. Britten: February 1964-May 1965 **

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard F.N. Anderson: May 1965-January 1968 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael W. Jenkins: January 1968-March 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan G. Steel: March 1970-September 1972 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter E. Morrison: September 1972-March 1975 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James K. Chater: March 1975-September 1977 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick M. Blagden: September 1977-October 1979 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen R. Gilbert: October 1979-July 1982 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Barry F. Cox: July 1982-December 1984 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Martin: December 1984-April 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. Hyde-Bales: April 1987-July 1989 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David R. Summers: July 1989-March 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert C. Hart: March 1992-March 1993

3rd Training Regiment (amalgamated with 4

th Training Regiment in 1961;

re-established in January 1968; until 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Basil A.A. Plummer: November 1959-1961

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony M. Pyne: January 1968-July 1970 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter L. Newth: July 1970-January 1973 *

Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Wilks: January 1973-August 1975 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Antony Mornement: August 1975-September 1977

Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Prosser: September 1977-April 1980

Lieutenant-Colonel Roger J. Christie: April 1980-September 1982

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip J. Bambury: September 1982-March 1985 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony J. Reed-Screen:March 1985-August 1987 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Cedric E.E. Sloane: August 1987-April 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Pawson: April 1990-April 1992

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian M. Tait: April 1992-October 1994 +

12th Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment (until 1994):

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter S. Baines: January 1959-August 1961 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew F. Leslie: August 1961-August 1963 *

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert S. Genn: August 1963-April 1966

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul H. Budden: April 1966-November 1968

Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert E.H. Newman: November 1968-March 1971

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey H. Barton: March 1971-July 1973 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald G. Hutchinson: July 1973-February 1976

Lieutenant-Colonel John E. Kitching: February 1976-September 1978 +

Lieutenant-Colonel John P.W. Simpson: September 1978-January 1981

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael R. Cooper: January 1981-September 1983 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard K. Fawcus: September 1983-January 1986 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Williams: January 1986-February 1988 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter M. Taylor: February1988-December 1990

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark S. Norbury: December 1990-January 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen C. Court: January 1993-January 1995

1st Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment (established in 1994 through

amalgamation of 12th Royal School of Military Regiment and Depot Regiment):

Lieutenant-Colonel Graham W. Dawson: April 1994-July 1995

Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas J.Edwards: July 1995-October 1997

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Brian Olley: October1997-2000

Lieutenant-Colonel David S. Armitage: 2000-200 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul V. Fountaine: October 2009-December 2011

Lieutenant-Colonel Gareth V. Baker: January 2012–October 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel Sean E. Cunniff: September 2014-January 2017 +

3rd Royal School of Military Enginering Regiment (formed in 1994 through

amalgamation of 1st and 3rd Training Regiments):

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Bede Grossmith: September 1994-October 1996 +

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Stevens: October 1996-January 1999 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter J. Francis: March 1999-August 2001 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian J. Blanks-Walden: August 2001-February 2004 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald L.D. Bigger: April 2004-August 2006 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Damian McKeown: August 2006-December 2008 +

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Quare: January 2009-July 2011 +

Lieutenant-Colonel James E. Fernandes: July 2011-January 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Jason West: January 2014-September 2016

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan H. Scott: October 2016-January 2019

Lieutenant-Colonel Claire L. James: January 2019-

MISSING:

1) Comander, 12 (Air Support) Engineer Brigade, 200 –June 2005

2)Commander, 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group: April 2009-

January 2011

3) Commander, 21 Engineer Regiment: 2007-2009

July 2019>

4)Commander, 22 Engineer Regiment: November 2013-February 2016

5)Commander, 25 Engineer Regiment: October 2004-2005

2007-April 2010

September 2011-2012

6)Commander, 28 Engineer Regiment: November 2008-December 2009

7) Commander, 32 Engineer Regiment: >2003

January 2009-2011/2012

November 2016>

8)Commander, 36 Engineer Regiment: >January 2007

9)Commander, 38 Engineer Regiment: 2012-2013

10)Commander, 39 Engineer Regiment: September 2001-July 2006

11)Commander, 1 RSME Regiment: 200?-October 2009

October 2013-September 2014

January 2017>

INDEX:

Coldstream Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding:

1st Battalion:

2nd Battalion:

Grenadier Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding:

1st Battalion:

2nd Battalion:

Irish Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding:

1st Battalion:

2nd Battalion:

Scots Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding:

1st Battalion:

2nd Battalion:

Welsh Guards:

Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding:

1st Battalion:

2nd Battalion: