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Colonel-in-Chief
Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE AC QSO PC
Colonel Commandant
General Sir Nicholas Carter KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen
Assistant Colonel Commandant
Lieutenant General TP Evans CBE DSO
Colonel Cadets
Colonel SC Chapman TD (wef 1 Feb 14)
Deputy Colonel Cadets
Lieutenant Colonel IT Mereweather TD
Colonel Officer Recruiting
Brigadier TR Copinger-Symes OBE
Colonel (Greater London and Home Counties)
Major General AJS Storrie CBE
Deputy for Colonel (Greater London and Home Counties)
Major General PNYM Sanders CBE DSO
Deputy for Colonel (Greater London and Home Counties)
Brigadier WSC Wright OBE
Deputy for Colonel (Greater London and Home Counties)
Colonel SP Plummer MBE
Colonel (South West)
Brigadier RHD Toomey CBE/ Brigadier RTH Jones CBE (wef 1 Feb 14)
Deputy for Colonel (South West)
Brigadier RTH Jones CBE (until 1 Feb 14)
Deputy for Colonel (South West)
Colonel MJ Doran
Colonel (Midlands)
Major General N Welch OBE
Deputy for Colonel (Midlands)
Colonel CS Maconochie
Deputy for Colonel (Midlands)
Colonel JH Bowron DSO OBE
Colonel (North)
Brigadier RR Smith CBE
Deputy for Colonel (North)
Colonel WJ Pointing
Deputy for Colonel (North)
Colonel RG Arundell
Regimental Historian
Dr HJ Davies
Honorary Padre
Major (Retd) The Reverend CG Fox TD
1st Battalion The Rifles
Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO ADC
Lieutenant Colonel KC Hickman MC Beachley Barracks, Chepstow, NP16 7YG
2nd Battalion The Rifles
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex KG KCVO ADC Lieutenant Colonel MC Gidlow-Jackson MBE/ Lieutenant Colonel ND Bellamy (wef Dec 14) Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn, BFPO 801
3rd Battalion The Rifles
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO Lieutenant Colonel D Reeve MC
Redford Infantry Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH13 OPP
4th Battalion The Rifles
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall Lieutenant Colonel TH Bewick OBE/ Lieutenant Colonel CW Boswell (wef Oct 14) Building 32, Ward Barracks, Bulford, Wiltshire, SP4 9NA
5th Battalion The Rifles
Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex Lieutenant Colonel CS Collins DSO MBE Alanbrooke Barracks, Paderborn, BFPO 22
6th Battalion The Rifles
His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO Lieutenant Colonel NR Holmes MBE/ Lieutenant Colonel TA Harper MBE (wef Jun 14) Wyvern Barracks, Exeter, Devon, EX2 6AR
7th Battalion The Rifles
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester GCVO Lieutenant Colonel JEF Bryant
Brock Barracks, Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 1HW
The Band and Bugles of The Rifles
Director of Music: Major L Sale BA CMgr MCMI LRSM CAMUS Assistant Director of Music: Lieutenant L Petritz-Watts BMus(Hons) GRNCM MA(pef) PPRNUM
Senior Bugle Major: Colour Serjeant (Bugle Major) SMR Held Sir John Moore Barracks, Andover Road North, Winchester, SO22 6NQ
TA COMPANIES
D (RIFLES) Coy 5 RRF
Deputy Honorary Colonel: The Hon James Ramsbotham DL The Eden Armoury, St Andrew’s Road, Bishop Auckland DL14 6RX 5rrf-dcoy-hq-psao@mod.uk
Y Pl D (RIFLES) Coy 5 RRF
Deputy Honorary Colonel: Colonel (Retd) B Denney TD DL TA Centre, Danum Road, Doncaster, DN4 5HD 5rrf-dcoy-ypl-psi@mod.uk
E (RIFLES) Coy 4 MERCIAN (Jan-Mar 14)
Deputy Honorary Colonel: Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) JK Marsham OBE TA Centre, Bligny House, Copthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury, SY3 8LZ
THE REGIMENT
www.the-rifles.co.uk
BATTALIONS
THE RIFLES
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