CELEBRATING 90 YEARS OF ROUND TABLING IN GUILDFORD
Old Boys Reunion Lunch
Saturday 6th October 2018 at Guildford Golf Club
Biography Alex was appointed Head of Marketing - Armed Forces at The Royal British Legion in 2017. In his current role he is responsible for the Legion’s engagement and communication with serving personnel and their families, ensuring that if they ever need support they know we are here for them. Prior to cutting his teeth as an Ad Man, Alex rode and marched under the Standards of the Household Cavalry for a decade. Leaving Durham University in 2006 with a degree in Archaeology, Alex joined the British Army, completing the year long Commissioning Course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and winning a place as a subaltern in the Blues and Royals; part of the Household Cavalry Regiment. Within a year of finishing training he found himself on the front line fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, alongside his troop of Household Cavalrymen. Over the following decade Alex completed a number of postings, at home and abroad, before finishing his military career as the Blues and Royals Squadron Leader, at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment – the Sovereign’s Mounted Bodyguard. Having learned to ride from scratch over 20 gruelling weeks he has ridden on five state visits, two Queen’s Birthday Parades, a State Opening of Parliament, the Olympic Torch Escort and the Diamond Jubilee Procession. He now lives with his wife Angie, a yachting journalist, and wee boy, Archie, near Windsor. A Cornishman adrift, he surfs in all weathers, rides horses when he can and plays rugby when his ageing bones allow.
Helmand to Horse Guards
A generation of young men and women, at school when the Twin Towers fell, found their lives indelibly changed by a path leading them into the Armed Forces. A rarity since Korea, this generation joined up in the full knowledge that they would see action. Operation HERRICK, the British combat operation in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, would see the deaths of 456 British servicemen and women as well as over 1000 casualties with life changing injuries. The toll was high and the legacy of this 14 year campaign echoes through the collective histories of today’s armed forces. As far removed from the austerity of Helmand as is possible, the last 8 years have also seen some of the most spectacular examples of British State ceremonial and military pageantry at home. From Royal Weddings to Olympic Games, the Household Cavalry have been at the centre of this as much as they have played an active role on operations in Afghanistan. This talk will explore the inner workings of the British Army’s most senior Regiment; from Helmand to Horse Guards with the Household Cavalry.
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