Garrison Sergeant Major

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A Garrison Sergeant Major (GSM) in the British Army is the senior warrant officer of a garrison and holds the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1. The GSM London District, always a guardsman, holds one of the four most senior WO1 appointments in the British Army, and has military ceremonial responsibility for important state occasions such as Trooping the Colour.

[edit] Garrison Sergeant Majors, London District

• 1940-1950 WO1 (GSM) Thomas Courtney, Coldstream Guards
• 1950-1951 WO1 (GSM) George Howe, Irish Guards
• 1951-1952 WO1 (GSM) Frederick Thomas Aylen, Coldstream Guards
• 1952-1965 WO1 (GSM) George Stone, MBE RVM, Irish Guards
• 1965-1977 WO1 (GSM) Tom Taylor, Grenadier Guards
• 1977-1987 WO1 (GSM) Alex Dumon, MBE, Coldstream Guards
• 1987-2002 WO1 (GSM) Alan G 'Perry' Mason, MVO MBE, Coldstream Guards
• 2002-        WO1 (GSM) William 'Billy' Mott, OBE, Welsh Guards

[edit] External links

• Garrison Sergants Major Containing more detailed biographies and some video of recent holders of this post.