Commanding Officers and Honorary Colonels

Honorary Colonels

1893 Col Heywood, T VD
1911 Col Scobie, MJG CB VD TD
1932 Col Somers, the Lord KCMG DSO MC
1945 Maj Gen Churcher, JB CB DSO
1957 Brig Copland Griffiths, FAV DSO MC
1962 Col Maclean, J HML

2nd Battalion
1939 Col Pateshall, HEP CB DSO TD DL

Commanding Officers

The Herefordshire Rifle Volunteers
1860 Col Fieldon, R
1874 Lt Col Heywood, T
1893 Lt Col Purser, TH
1894 Lt Col Williams, SW
1899 Lt Col Scobie, MJG

The Herefordshire Regiment
1908 Lt Col Scobie, MJG VD
1910 Lt Col Rankin, Sir JRL
1912 Lt Col Gilbert-Harris, JH
1914 Lt Col Drage, G
20 Aug 1915 Lt Col Rome, CS
29 Aug 1915 Lt Col Drage, G
29 Jun 1916 Maj Green, ALB
14 Sep 1916 Lt Col Drage, G
15 Oct 1916 Maj Green, ALB
3 Dec 1916 Lt Col Drage, G
19 Mar 1918 Maj Whitehouse, AGR
26 Mar 1918 Lt Col Lawrence, EM
7 Sep 1918 Maj Chipp, WF
10 Sep 1918 Lt Col Powell, EB
15 Sep 1918 Maj Chipp, WF
25 Sep 198 Lt Col Lyons
29 Sep 1918 Maj Chipp, WF
17 Oct 1918 Lt Col Meldon
27 Oct 1918 Lt Col Evans, EH MC
1920 Lt Col Pateshall, HEP DSO
1926 Lt Col Sleeman, JL CMG CBE MVO
1931 Lt Col Tomlinson, SC
1937 Lt Col Sloane-Stanley, LF
1940 Lt Col Bryant, AD
1942 Lt Col Churcher, JB DSO
1944 Lt Col Turner-Cain, GR DSO
1945 Lt Col Fripp, RC DSO
1946 Lt Col Barneby, HH

Herefordshire Light Infantry
1947 Lt Col Barneby, HH
1951 Lt Col Armitstead, RCH
1954 Lt Col Thomycroft, GM
1957 Lt Col Sale, JD
1960 Lt Col Hill, TJB MBE
1962 Lt Col Carr, MP
1965 Lt Col Gilbert, ERF

2/1st The Herefordshire Regiment
1914 Lt Col Gilbert-Harris, JH
1914 Lt Col Wood-Roe, WB
1916 Lt Col Addie, JH
1917 Lt Col Bates, D

3/1st The Herefordshire Regiment
1915 Lt Col Symonds-Taylor RHT

2nd Battalion
1939 Lt Col Blake, NG MBE
1942 Lt Col Grey, WA
1944 Lt Col Barlow, CD