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Fifty Years Separate These Two Handovers ! ! !

In March 1962 (at which time The Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards were separate
Regiments) outgoing WO1 RCM E Sant (LG) handed over to WO1 E O "Bunker" Lloyd (LG).

Fifty years on, in March 2012, outgoing WO1 RCM D Hitchings (LG) handed over the reins of
the Household Cavalry Regiment to WO1 RCM S K Fry, MC (LG).

WO1 RCM E O Lloyd (left) takes
over from WO1 RCM E Sant

WO1 RCM S K Fry, MC (left) takes
over from WO1 RCM D Hitchings

 
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THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY -

REGIMENTAL CORPORAL MAJORS

& REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJORS

. . . UP TO THE PRESENT DAY

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REGIMENTAL CORPORAL MAJORS

and

REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJORS

The following is a comprehensive listing of the
RCMs and RSMs of the Troops and Regiments
that have led to today's
Household Cavalry Regiment.

Select and click on the section you want
- from the list below.

Mounted Regiment

The Royal Dragoons

 

Regimental Corporal Majors (RCMs)of the

First Regiment Of Life Guards

August 1805 -
April 1812
J Howarth
April 1812 -
October 1812
S Cooper
October 1812 -
November 1815
W Bishop
November 1815 -
April 1823
J Helmsley
April 1823 -
October 1827
J G Schriedweiler
October 1827 -
January 1839
J Winterbottom
January 1839 -
January 1844
D Penny
January 1844 -
June 1847
N Burlinson
June 1847 -
July 1854
J Limbert
July 1854 -
May 1859
S Hulse
May 1859 -
December 1861
T Cox
December 1861 -
December 1867
J Armstrong
December 1867 -
January 1873
G Searle
January 1873 -
August 1874
J Southwood
August 1874 -
June 1878
H Cornish
June 1878 -
October 1886
R Langmead
October 1886 -
June 1889
G T Moss
June 1889 -
November 1891
H Hilbard
November 1891 -
March 1898
A B Candler
March 1898 -
March 1907
J Capel
March 1907 -
March 1910
H Paulin
March 1910 -
August 1914
J H Baker
Composite Regiments formed in 1914-1918 War
March 1919 -
July 1922
C Wright
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Regimental Corporal Majors (RCMs) of the

Second Regiment Of Life Guards

June 1805 -
July 1806
W Easterby
July 1806 -
May 1807
J Rathbone
May 1807 -
August 1812
J Beaumont
August 1812 -
October 1812
J Clues
October 1812 -
March 1815
J Garbutt
March 1815 -
June 1818
W Hodgson
June 1818 -
March 1822
E Simpson
March 1822 -
October 1830
J Carr
October 1830 -
January 1831
J Wainwright
January 1831 -
July 1834
W Allen
July 1834 -
June 1839
P Sherwin
June 1839 -
May 1854
E Piercy
May 1854 -
November 1857
R Reid
November 1857 -
April 1861
J Young
April 1861 -
March 1869
R S Gray
March 1869 -
April 1872
J A Stacey
April 1872 -
March 1885
R Grieves
March 1885 -
October 1886
T G Entwhistle
October 1886 -
May 1897
H Sedgewick
May 1897 -
December 1906
W Scrivens
December 1906 -
December 1911
W H Lyons
December 1911 -
August 1914
F Howard
Composite Regiments formed in 1914-1918 War
June 1918 -
July 1922
L Van Mierlo
 
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Regimental Corporal Majors (RCMs) of

The Life Guards

July 1922 -
January 1927
C Wright
February 1927 -
January 1934
J A Sykes
February 1934 -
March 1939
A W Eason
March 1939 -
September 1939
A E Wolland
Composite Regiments formed in 1914-1918 War
July 1945 -
March 1953
A H Hyland
March 1953 -
February 1957
J H Jenkins
February 1957 -
May 1958
E Henderson
May 1958 -
March 1962
E Sant
March 1962 -
June 1965
E O Lloyd
June 1965 -
May 1966
R G Sheffield
May 1966 -
April 1969
D Charles
April 1969 -
January 1971
C J Rodger
January 1971 -
August 1971
J L Morris
August 1971 -
December 1971
L D Stratford
December 1971 -
May 1976
M Young
May 1976 -
October 1978
L A Lumb
October 1978 -
October 1980
A Kelly
October 1980 -
May 1983
J Leighton
May 1983 -
June 1985
C R Slater
June 1985 -
June 1987
I W Kelly
June 1987 -
March 1989
A J Meade
March 1989 -
March 1991
A J Belza
March 1991 -
September 1992
J T Lodge
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Regimental Corporal Majors (RCMs) of the

Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)

June 1802 -
March 1806
T Varley
March 1806 -
December 1807
S Hirst
December 1807 -
October 1812
J Perry
October 1812 -
June 1813
R Andrews
June 1813 -
July 1815
T Bell
July 1815 -
December 1822
A Heartley
December 1822 -
April 1827
H Jackson
April 1827 -
May 1828
J Frost
May 1828 -
December 1828
J Firth
December 1828 -
November 1839
J Swindley
November 1839 -
August 1842
W G Sutton
August 1842 -
April 1855
E J M Hayward
April 1855 -
December 1868
T Priestley
December 1868 -
May 1876
T G Honeybone
May 1876 -
December 1880
H Short
December 1880 -
December 1885
G Larkins
December 1885 -
October 1891
A White
October 1891 -
November 1896
D MacCowan
November 1896 -
November 1901
G Scott
November 1901 -
December 1905
C E Harford
December 1905 -
December 1910
C G Burton
December 1910 -
September 1914
W Hendry
Composite Regiments formed in 1914-1918 War
March 1919 -
May 1920
W Barber
May 1920 -
September 1922
W Glading
September 1922 -
March 1928
J W Winterburn
March 1928 -
May 1933
G Mitchell
May 1933 -
March 1939
W Twiddle
March 1939 -
September 1939
A Jobson
Composite Regiments formed in 1939-1945 War
July 1945 -
July 1946
T Poupart
July 1946 -
March 1949
C D Maxted
April 1949 -
February 1953
J C Beresford
February 1953 -
June 1956
J T Sallis
June 1956 -
December 1959
J Neill
December 1959 -
June 1961
L Evans
July 1961 -
April 1963
W A Ford
April 1963 -
April 1964
O M Price
May 1964 -
April 1966
W A Stringer
May 1966 -
April 1968
G E Martin
April 1968 -
March 1969
D Godfrey-Cass
In March 1969 the Royal Horse Guards
amalgamated with the Royal Dragoons
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Regimental Corporal Majors (RCMs) of

The Blues And Royals

March 1969 -
May 1970
D Godfrey-Cass
May 1970 -
September 1971
T W Tucker
September 1971 -
December 1973
B W Lane
December 1973 -
December 1975
J M Heath
December 1975 -
March 1978
J Peck
March 1978 -
April 1980
W R MacDougall
April 1980 -
September 1980
J C Midwinter
September 1980 -
July 1983
M A Patterson
July 1983 -
May 1984
R A Fortt
May 1984 -
November 1985
D A O'Halloran
November 1985 -
December 1987
C J Sayer
December 1987 -
November 1989
T J Quinn
November 1989 -
May 1992
H Hunter
May 1992 -
October 1992
N P Sackett

On 19 October 1992, The Life Guards and
The Blues And Royals formed a union

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Regimental Corporal Majors (RCMs) of the

Household Cavalry Regiment

September 1992 -
March 1993
J T Lodge (LG)
March 1993 -
June 1994
N P Sackett (RHG/D)
June 1994 -
June 1996
J S Holbrook (LG)
June 1996 -
June 1998
W R Lindsay (LG)
June 1998 -
April 2000
T M Carpenter (RHG/D)
April 2000 -
February 2002
T W Shatliff (RHG/D)
February 2002 -
February 2004
L J Kibble (RHG/D)
February 2004 -
April 2006
R D O'Conner (LG)
April 2006 -
January 2008
S R Pickford (RHG/D)
January 2008 -
April 2010
A C Gardner (RHG/D)
April 2010 -
March 2012
D Hitchings (LG)
March 2012
S K Fry, MC (LG)

Regimental Corporal Majors (RCMs) of the

Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

September 1946 -
April 1949
G Barratt (LG)
April 1949 -
February 1954
C D Maxted, MM (RHG)
February 1954 -
December 1959
G Colley, MBE (RHG)
December 1959 -
July 1963
J Neill, MBE (RHG)
July 1963 -
March 1965
D S Dodson (LG)
March 1965 -
March 1967
J W Greaves (LG)
March 1967 -
March 1969
J F Kidman (RHG)
March 1969 -
February 1971
R R Giles (RHG/D)
February 1971 -
February 1973
D H Clark (RHG/D)
February 1973 -
October 1974
D A Yorke (LG)
October 1974 -
July 1977
J R Hunter (RHG/D)
July 1977 -
August 1978
J E Storey (RHG/D)
August 1978 -
January 1981
J H Miles (LG)
January 1981 -
July 1983
P B Lawson (RHG/D)
July 1983 -
June 1985
J W Clayton (RHG/D)
June 1985 -
June 1987
R Lawrence (LG)
June 1987 -
June 1989
G A Fox (RHG/D)
June 1989 -
June 1991
D J Davies (RHG/D)
June 1991 -
June 1993
S R Carter (LG)
June 1993 -
June 1995
M Whatley (LG)
June 1995 -
December 1966
D Pickard (LG)
December 1966 -
September 1998
R P Manning (RHG/D)
September 1998 -
April 2000
V P Maher (RHG/D)
April 2000 -
February 2002
P G Maxwell (RHG/D)
February 2002 -
September 2003
M R Kitching (LG)
September 2003 -
October 2004
T Smith (RHG/D)
October 2004 -
April 2006
K Poynter (LG)
April 2006 -
March 2007
J Pass (RHG/D)
March 2007 -
March 2009
A Kellett (LG)

March 2009 -

March 2011
S B Taylor (LG)
March 2011 -
 
W D Brown (LG)
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Regimental Sergeant Majors (RSMs) of

The Royal Dragoons

? -
July 1813
W Waddell
July 1813 -
November 1854
J Lee
November 1854 -
? 1864
? Wilson
? 1864 -
?
J Norris
? -
? 1873
W Wells
     
? 1879 -
May 1880
H L Webb
     
May 1882 -
May 1887
F Chapman
May 1887 -
January 1893
W Finn
January 1893 -
October 1901
C W Parsons
October 1901 -
December 1907
J F Thompson
December 1907 -
January 1909
L R Plumb
January 1909 -
August 1914
C E Allen
August 1914 -
September 1915
C M Cook
September 1915 -
March 1916
W E Edwards
March 1916 -
September 1921
S Oxford
September 1921 -
January 1923
A E Shackell
January 1923 -
December 1932
F J Mander
December 1932 -
April 1937
H R Morton
April 1937 -
August 1940
E V Marriott
August 1940 -
September 1942
C W J Lewis
September 1942 -
October 1947
T H Furlow
October 1947 -
March 1952
N H Morgan, MM
April 1952 -
?
T A Maguire
March 1952 -
? 1958
J Edwards
     
March 1959 -
September 1960
E G G Vowles
September 1960 -
December 1964 J D Bradley
December 1964 -
July 1965 J S Clarke
July 1965 -
June 1967 P G Ransom
June 1967 -
November 1968 W R Wood
November 1968 -
March 1969 W Watorski
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