Sunday's royal flotilla

[David Tremain]

I noticed two Army officers - one wearing what appeared to be a Rifles uniform, judging from the cross-belt plate and rifle green uniform, the other a Para - both wearing aiguilettes. I presume they were either ADCs or equerries. I always thought that all equerries came from the Guards, with the occasional RN or RAF officer. Can anyone confirm who they were?

David

[revdougal]

The Parachute Regiment Captain is Equerry to the Prince of Wales - he being Colonel-in-Chief of that Regiment. There would appear to be a rotation of which Regt is required to provide the necessary officer.
"The Rifles" officer may be a Gurkha; I believe this same officer accompanied HM on her Visit to the Republic of Ireland.

[Unknownsoldier]

Gurkha Officer is Lt-Col Dan Rex Royal Gurkha Rifles.

[David Tremain]

Thanks Revdougal and Unknown Soldier. I hadn't thought of the Gurkhas, but of course, at a distance their uniforms look similar.
David

[johanwiegman]

Originally Posted by David Tremain

I noticed two Army officers - one wearing what appeared to be a Rifles uniform, judging from the cross-belt plate and rifle green uniform, the other a Para - both wearing aiguilettes. I presume they were either ADCs or equerries. I always thought that all equerries came from the Guards, with the occasional RN or RAF officer. Can anyone confirm who they were?

David

David,

There was another officer wearing No.1 dress and SAS wings on his right hand sleeve. Not bullion wings as one might expect but regular coloured wings as worn on Nr. 2 dress. Who was the gentleman?

Cheers,

Johan

[David Tremain]

Johan, I hadn't noticed him or the SAS wings, so I don't know. I wonder why he wouldn't have been wearing the correct form of dress wing on his No.1's. What was the rest of his uniform (i.e. head gear) like?

David

[grey_green_acorn]

Originally Posted by johanwiegman

David,

There was another officer wearing No.1 dress and SAS wings on his right hand sleeve. Not bullion wings as one might expect but regular coloured wings as worn on Nr. 2 dress. Who was the gentleman?

Cheers,

Johan

The officer with SAS wings was probably Anthony James Moxon "Jamie" Lowther-Pinkerton MVO, MBE (b. 28 September 1960). He is Private Secretary to Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, in the Household of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales. He was appointed 2 May 2005.

Tim

[54Bty]

Originally Posted by johanwiegman

David,

There was another officer wearing No.1 dress and SAS wings on his right hand sleeve. Not bullion wings as one might expect but regular coloured wings as worn on Nr. 2 dress. Who was the gentleman?

Cheers,

Johan

The Officer I have just watched on the Telegraph website accompanying HRH Prince William had the correct wings on.

Marc

[johanwiegman]

Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn

The officer with SAS wings was probably Anthony James Moxon "Jamie" Lowther-Pinkerton MVO, MBE (b. 28 September 1960). He is Private Secretary to Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, in the Household of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales. He was appointed 2 May 2005.

Tim

hi Tim,

You are quite right. That is the man. Thanks!

Please find attached some pics.

Cheers,

Johan

[Mike_2817]

Anthony James Moxon "Jamie" Lowther-Pinkerton MVO, MBE (b. 28 September 1960) is Private Secretary to Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, in the Household of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales. He was appointed 2 May 2005. The Household shares facilities with the larger Household of The Prince of Wales.

Lowther-Pinkerton is married with four children, currently residing in Suffolk. He is descended from the Lowther landed gentry family, not the Earls of Lonsdale, but shares a descent from the 1st Earl of Bessborough with his royal employers.

He trained at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in 1979, and joined the Irish Guards. Lowther-Pinkerton served with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, but was attached to the Special Air Service (SAS) throughout his 20 year army career, where he was described as an especially capable officer. He retired from the British Army in 1998.

He served as Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1984-1986, and was promoted to Captain, 8 June 1986. He was a troop commander of the SAS as a Captain. He served in the first Gulf War in 1990-1991 as Special Forces Liaison Officer with United States forces.

He was promoted to the rank of Major on 30 September 1992, and was in charge of two 20-man SAS counter-narcotics operations in Colombia for two years in the early 1990s. He attended the Staff College, Camberley, and qualified as a staff officer (psc). Lowther-Pinkerton was Commanding Officer of G Squadron SAS. In the mid-to-late 1990s he was in the Balkans for the strategic policy review by the Ministry of Defence; reportedly in 1994 as part of a four-man SAS "Joint Communication Organisation" in Bosnia.

In 2001 he co-founded and has since been a director of Objective Travel Safety, which provides risk assessment training for young travellers and journalists. He also trained Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman for their Long Way Round and Long Way Down TV series.

He is a part-time consultant to Kroll Risk Management, London.

Lowther-Pinkerton was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Equerry to The Queen Mother in 1986, and appointed a military Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), in 1990 for service with the special forces in Colombia.