New Honorary Colonel

I am very pleased to be able to confirm the appointment of Colonel James Partridge TD DL as our new Honorary Colonel, to succeed The Viscount De L'Isle MBE, who retired in the summer.

Col James Partridge was commissioned from Cambridge University OTC into the Royal Artillery in 1981, serving with 100 (Yeomanry) Regiment, which he commanded for two and a half years, until 1998.  Since then he has held several staff appointments, including TA Colonel, Royal Artillery and Deputy Commander 2 (SE) Brigade.  His last active post was in Reserve Forces & Cadets Division in the Ministry of Defence, where he sat as the Reservist member on the Cottam Review of the Reserve Forces.  He is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court and practises in Tunbridge Wells.  He has two grown up children and lives just over the County border near Crowborough.  When time permits, he is a keen walker and dinghy sailor and enjoys touring in England and France.

It is my intent that OCs invite Col Partridge to a weekend event, certainly well before Annual Camp 2013, in order to give him the chance to meet Officers and Adult Instructors and to see cadets undergoing training.