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OXFORDSHIRE
RIFLEMEN
IT’S A POINT OF PRIDE TO SAY
I AM A RIFLEMAN
Lieutenant Will Rooney
Major Tim Brown
Cadet Colour Serjeant Lukas Baud
Major John Howard DSO
Platoon Commander
Officer Comanding A Company 7
RIFLES
Cadet, Oxfordshire ACF
Company Commander
Hometown: Banbury
Hometown: Oxford
Cadet Colour Serjeant Baud is a
Cadet within North Oxfordshire
Detachment and has been a member
of the Army Cadet Force since 2016.
His current role is the senior cadet
of both his detachment, and Calais
Company.
Major John Howard commanded
the 180-strong D Company of
the 2nd Battalion, Oxford and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, the
first formed unit to land in Normandy
on D-Day, 6 June 1944. In a gliderborn ‘coup de main’, the Airborne
Forces seized the bridges over the
River Orne and Caen Canal, thus
securing the left flank of the Allied
invasion. Major Howard was awarded
a Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
for his part in the battle. Before the
war, Major Howard was a Policeman
in Oxford. He is buried in Clifton
Hampden.
Hometown: Thame
Lieutenant Will Rooney joined the
Army in May 2018 at the age of 24.
After commissioning from The Royal
Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS),
he subsequently joined his chosen
Battalion, 1 RIFLES. With some initial
defence engagement in Kazakhstan
and Holland, Will then deployed to
The Falkland Islands on Op FIRIC.
The rich history of the antecedent
regiment of the Oxfordshire &
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a
huge influencing factor in his desire to
become a part of The Rifles.
Hometown: Abingdon
Major Tim Brown commanded
A Company 7 RIFLES, based in
Abingdon. A former graduate of the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst,
Tim served as a Regular Officer before
joining the Army Reserve.
He is the CEO of his own successful
business and is now a Reservist
working in Oxfordshire. Tim has
travelled widely with the Army;
including undertaking a tour of
Afghanistan and mobilisation on Short
Term Training Team commitments to
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Lukas aspires to attend the Royal
Military Academy Sandhurst after
completing three years of University,
with a view to becoming a Medical
Support Officer.
