The Irish Guards is not made up only of the fighting part of the Regiment – the 1st Battalion (and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions during the World Wars) – but of the Regimental Band, the Association, which unites Micks who have left the Battalion and of the Regiment’s past and future. Regimental Headquarters looks after all these other aspects of the organisation.
By being the point of contact for ACFs and CCFs run by Irish Guardsmen and by recruiting new officers Regimental Headquarters helps to ensure that the Battalion is well manned in the future. It also makes a huge contribution to events such as St. Patrick’s Day by organising that visitors, be they relations of Irish Guardsmen or ex-Micks, come along. The various branches of the Irish Guards Association all stem from Regimental Headquarters and are connected to the 1st Battalion through it. All the old members of the Regiment are contactable through Regimental Headquarters and the archives contain the records of all the Micks who have died.
As well as being the organisation which is the figurehead of the Regiment, therefore, Headquarters has an important role to play in the upkeep of traditions and in the future of the rest of the Regiment.
Current Key Personnel in Regimental Headquarters:
Regimental Lieutenant Colonel Major General Sir Sebastian Roberts KCVO, OBE
Regimental Adjutant Lieutenant Colonel RJS Bullock-Webster OBE
Assistant Regimental Adjutant Captain Vince McEllin
Deputy Assistant Regimental Adjutant Captain Hugh Dickinson
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant WO2 Dean Crawford
General Office
Office Manager Mrs Angela Crawford
Tailor/Stores
Master Tailor WO2 M Johnston
Stores LSgt John Connor
Driver/Orderly LCpl Stuart Williams
Dmr Wayne Bowe
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