OS LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RETIRED) SIR ANDREW GREGORY APPOINTED MASTER GUNNER, ST JAMES’S PARK

In March OS Lieutenant General (Retired) Sir Andrew Gregory was appointed as Master Gunner of St James’s Park. The Master Gunner, St James’s Park is the ceremonial head of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and channel of communication between the Regiment and the Captain General (Queen Elizabeth II).

The appointment of Master Gunner, St James’s is held by a distinguished Royal Artillery Officer selected by the Queen in her capacity as Captain General, on the advice of the Colonels Commandant of the regiment and has honorary status over all other Commonwealth Artilleries.

Andrew was also appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.