OXFORDSHIRE RIFLEMENIT’S A POINT OF PRIDE TO SAYI AM A RIFLEMANLieutenant Will RooneyMajor Tim BrownCadet Colour Serjeant Lukas BaudMajor John Howard DSOPlatoon CommanderOfficer Comanding A Company 7RIFLESCadet, Oxfordshire ACFCompany CommanderHometown: BanburyHometown: OxfordCadet Colour Serjeant Baud is aCadet within North OxfordshireDetachment and has been a memberof the Army Cadet Force since 2016.His current role is the senior cadetof both his detachment, and CalaisCompany.Major John Howard commandedthe 180-strong D Company ofthe 2nd Battalion, Oxford andBuckinghamshire Light Infantry, thefirst formed unit to land in Normandyon D-Day, 6 June 1944. In a gliderborn ‘coup de main’, the AirborneForces seized the bridges over theRiver Orne and Caen Canal, thussecuring the left flank of the Alliedinvasion. Major Howard was awardeda Distinguished Service Order (DSO)for his part in the battle. Before thewar, Major Howard was a Policemanin Oxford. He is buried in CliftonHampden.Hometown: ThameLieutenant Will Rooney joined theArmy in May 2018 at the age of 24.After commissioning from The RoyalMilitary Academy Sandhurst (RMAS),he subsequently joined his chosenBattalion, 1 RIFLES. With some initialdefence engagement in Kazakhstanand Holland, Will then deployed toThe Falkland Islands on Op FIRIC.The rich history of the antecedentregiment of the Oxfordshire &Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was ahuge influencing factor in his desire tobecome a part of The Rifles.Hometown: AbingdonMajor Tim Brown commandedA Company 7 RIFLES, based inAbingdon. A former graduate of theRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst,Tim served as a Regular Officer beforejoining the Army Reserve.He is the CEO of his own successfulbusiness and is now a Reservistworking in Oxfordshire. Tim hastravelled widely with the Army;including undertaking a tour ofAfghanistan and mobilisation on ShortTerm Training Team commitments toSaudi Arabia and Kuwait.Lukas aspires to attend the RoyalMilitary Academy Sandhurst aftercompleting three years of University,with a view to becoming a MedicalSupport Officer.
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