Commanding Officers (DERR)


	DERR

COMMANDING OFFICERS

1st Bn Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment

(Berkshire & Wiltshire)

Lt Col G.F. WOOLNOUGH M.C.	1959-1961
Lt Col D.E. BALLANTINE O.B.E. M.C.	1961 -1963
Lt Col F.H.B. BOSHELL D.S.O.	1963-1965
Lt Col J. R. RODEN M.B.E	1965-1967
Lt Col T. A. GIBSON M.B.E	1967-1969
Lt Col D. T. CRABTREE	1969-1972
Lt Col W.G.R. TURNER M.B.E.	1972-1975
Lt Col C. B. LEA COX	1975-1977
Lt Col D. A. JONES	1977-1980
Lt Col G. COXON M.B.E.	1980-1982
Lt Col W. A. MACKERETH	1982-1984
Lt Col A. C. KENWAY	1984-1987
LT Col S.W.J. SAUNDERS	1987-1989
Lt Col D. J. A. STONE	1989-1992
Lt Col H. M. PURCELL	1992-1994

THE COMMANDING OFFICER

The C.O. is the top soldier of any Infantry Battalion, normally someone who would have soldiered within his Battalion from Subaltern upwards. By the time he reached Lieutenant Colonel the Lance Corporal in his first Platoon could well be a senior Warrant officer or even the Regimental Sgt Major. Such is the way of a British Infantry Battalion. To most Soldiers the C.O. was a distant figure who you didn't wish to meet on orders 'The guard room beckons'

Listed below are the Commanding officers of the 1st Battalion Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment from the birth of the Regiment through to the amalgamation with the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1994. Further images will be added in the future to prove that the 'CO' had indeed soldiered in his younger days.

Lieutenant Colonel G.F. WOOLNOUGH M.C.

Lieutenant Colonel D.E. BALLANTINE O.B.E. M.C.

Lieutenant Colonel F.H.B. BOSHELL D.S.O.

Lieutenant Colonel RODEN M.B.E

Lieutenant Colonel T. A. GIBSON M.B.E

Lt Col GIBSON

Lieutenant Colonel D. T. CRABTREE

Lieutenant Colonel W.G.R. TURNER M.B.E.

Lieutenant Colonel LEA COX

Lieutenant Colonel D. A. JONES

Lt Col JONES

Lieutenant Colonel COXON M.B.E.

Lieutenant Colonel W. A. MACKERETH

Lieutenant Colonel A. C. KENWAY

Lieutenant Colonel S.W.J. SAUNDERS

Lieutenant Colonel D. J. A. STONE

Lieutenant Colonel H. M. PURCELL