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Commandant, Col Richard Taylor delivers History of the RTR…

Yesterday evening, over 45 Cadets and Adult Instructors joined Dorset ACF Commandant, Col Richard Taylor for a fascinating insight into the Regimental History of the Royal Tank Regiment as part of our program of County-wide Virtual Training.

Commandant, Col Richard Taylor delivers History of the RTR Presentation

1 March 2021

  • Dorset ACF

Yesterday evening, over 45 Cadets and Adult Instructors joined Dorset ACF Commandant, Col Richard Taylor for a fascinating insight into the Regimental History of the Royal Tank Regiment as part of our program of County-wide Virtual Training.

As the Official Historian of the Royal Armoured Corps, Col Taylor was ideally placed to deliver the presentation which covered over 100 years of Regimental history followed by a question and answer session with the Cadets..

Col Taylor said: "The Regimental system is a fundamental part of the British Army and it's important that our Cadets have the opportunity to learn about the history of the Regiments who make up our five different Cap Badges within Dorset, hopefully, this will develop their interest across the whole of the British Army"


"The Regimental system is a fundamental part of the British Army and it's important that our Cadets have the opportunity to learn about the history of the Regiments who make up our five different Cap Badges within Dorset, hopefully, this will develop their interest across the whole of the British Army"

Col Richard Taylor: Commandant, Dorset ACF


Running the evening was TSMI Salmon who added; " Its was great to see the Cadets so enthused following Col Taylors presentation and they asked some fantastic questions. We continued with some Military Knowledge to finish off the evenings training and are looking forward to our next training event which is a Q&A with the Army Cadet Command Sergeant Major, David Lightfoot on Thursday. It promises to be another great evening"


04 TSMI

It was great to see the Cadets so enthused following Col Taylor's presentation and they asked some fantastic questions.

TSMI Bob Salmon, Training Sgt Major