Who We Are

Home HQ

Home Headquarters RTR

Home Headquarters is the fixed home base of the Royal Tank Regiment that helps bind the Regimental family together. It fosters esprit-de-corps, comradeship and preserves the values, standards and traditions of the Regiment. It cares for those serving today, and those who have served, in the Royal Tank Regiment and its antecedents. It is a well-connected network that benefits all its members.

Members

The Royal Tank Regiment Association is comprised of serving and former Officers and Soldiers of the Royal Tank Regiment and its antecedent Regiments. When you leave the Regiment you automatically become a member of the Association.

Objectives

To maintain contact between past and present members of the Royal Tank Regiment, fostering mutual friendship between them and providing support for social gatherings.

To help those members of the Association, and dependants of former members who require assistance. All past and present members of the Regiment and all past members of the Royal Tank Regiment automatically qualify for assistance in case of need.

Lt Col (Retd) Bede Strong MBE

Regimental Secretary RTR

Bede Strong was commissioned in 1973 and joined 1RTR as a Troop Leader in Osnabruck when the regiment was in the process of preparing to go to Omagh for 2 years. He completed his Troop Leaders course on Saladin and Ferret before serving the next 2 years in Ulster, followed by 2 more years in Hong Kong on Scorpion.

Then followed various postings both at RD and ERE.

Bede was awarded an MBE in 2023 and retired in the same year. He is now filling the post of Regimental Secretary on a temporary basis.

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Debbie Solomon

Benevolence Officer

Debbie Solomon has been with HHQ RTR since 2000. Debbie is the Benevolence Co-ordinator and currently Admin for Events.

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Gill McManus

RTR Accountant

Gill McManus has been the Accountant for the Royal Tank Regiment, since 1996. Gill looks after the finance and governance for all of the HHQ RTR Charities.

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Jane Devine

Tank Editorial Assistant

After 4 years in the WRAC and 25 years in the Civil Service, Jane joined the team at HHQ as Assistant Editor in 2014. Originally from Tenterden, Kent, Jane has lived in Dorset for the past 35 years. Jane likes to keep herself fit by doing a lot of Nordic walking in the Purbeck hills and looks forward to her annual pilgrimage to the ski slopes in Europe. She got the bug for skiing after a couple of exercise Snow Queen trips to Bavaria whilst serving in Bielefeld, Germany in the 70s!! Jane is married to Frank who also loves skiing but unfortunately not the Nordic walking!! Both enjoy spending time with their grandchildren.

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