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AGC JOURNAL 2018

The Worshipful Branch. In 2000 a second silver medal

was awarded each year for similar

performance by a young officer. In
Company of addition, the Sir Clive Martin Award was

instituted in 2006 for the most significant

contribution, by an officer or soldier, to

administration on operations and most
Chartered Secretaries recently The Colonel Michael Dudding
Award for the best performance from a
Staff and Personnel Support Officer at

the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In
recent years, these medals and awards
and Administrators have been accompanied by a cheque from
the Company’s Charitable Trust for around
£250.
The 2018 Awards
By Colonel Mike Sykes OBE
This year the awards were presented
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators has at a joint ceremony with the Royal Air
Force winners by the Master of the Livery
had an affiliation with the Staff and Personnel Support Branch, since its Company, Mrs Christina Parry OBE FCIS in

formation in 1992, one which was transferred from the strong links it had the Worthy Down Officers’ Mess.

formed with the Royal Army Pay Corps dating back to 1980. Sir Clive Martin Award
The Sir Clive Martin Award has been
A Day at Sandhurst awarded to Lance Corporal Rebecca

Rhodes in recognition for her significant
As part of the ongoing relationship with the Worshipful contribution to Personnel Administration
Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, delivery during her tour to Al Asad Air Base
the Master and several other members of the Company in Iraq as part of Operation Shader 6. She
were invited to spend the day at Sandhurst to gain a is currently serving with 3rd Battalion, the

brief glimpse of what it is like for the officers and cadets Royal Regiment of Scotland based in Fort Presentation of

at the Academy. The day started with a presentation on George, Inverness. the watercolour
the history of the Academy, followed by an update on the
current Commissioning Course from Major Joe Petty who is Silver Medal Awards
the current Regimental Representative.
A Silver Medal for the best student on the
Guided Tour Services Initial Personnel Administration
Course was presented to Corporal Emma
Glorious summer sunshine accompanied the group on Hazell, who is currently serving with

a guided tour of the grounds conducted by a member of 4th Battalion Rifles based in Aldershot,
the Sandhurst Trust before being given a lesson in Pace Hampshire. The Silver Medal for the best
Stick drill by the Academy Sergeant Major. Lunch was then student on the Regimental Administrative

served in one of the historic rooms within Old College Officers Course was presented to Captain

and the Master was presented with a watercolour of Lucy Steele, serving with 3rd (United
Old College and a copy of ‘Serve to Lead’ as a memento Kingdom) Division Signal Regiment based
of the visit. It was a huge privilege to be able to share in Bulford, Hampshire. Both individuals
the significance of Sandhurst with the members of the were judged by their instructors to have

Company as well as explain the values and standards that contributed the most to their respective Outside Old
it instils. courses as well as attained the highest College
grades in all their formal assessments.
Best Visit Ever
Colonel Michael Dudding Award
Master of the Livery Company, Mr David J. Lock was very
grateful for all of the effort that had gone into arranging This is the 4th year that this prize has

the visit and said “I have learnt a lot. The presentations been awarded to the Young Officer who

enabled me to think about what really links us in terms of has achieved excellence in both military
our values and how we achieve our outputs and what we and administrative skills and knowledge
might most usefully share with each other”. Past Master, during their initial training phase at the
Patricia Day put it more simply by exclaiming that “It was Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. This
the best military visit ever”. year’s recipient was Second Lieutenant
Fraser Forward who was graded the
Silver Medals The ‘Master’ highest Staff and Personnel Support

having a go Branch Officer Cadet in the Queen’s Medal

From the very beginning of our affiliation, the Company at handling a competition for 2017/18. He is currently
has presented silver medals annually for exceptional Pace Stick serving with the 3rd Battalion Parachute The Academy Sergeant Major
performance by Apprentices or young soldiers of the Regiment in Colchester. demonstrating the Pace Stick
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