Guild Patron
Position Vacant
The Guild was very fortunate to have the internationally known historian, author and battlefield guide Richard Holmes as its original Patron. He supported the idea of the Guild from the outset and his untimely death in 2011 came as a great shock to members.
He was succeeded as Patron by Lord Richard Faulkner of Worcester, who fulfilled this role until 2025.
The position is currently vacant.
Guild President
Air Vice Marshal Steve Abbott CBE MPhil BA FCMI RAF (Retd.)
AVM Abbott joined the RAF on 15 September 1974 as a University Cadet. He gained a BA Honours degree at the University of East Anglia in 1977. He joined 37 Sqn RAF Regt as a Rapier Flight Commander in 1978. He completed the Long Gunnery Staff course at the RSA Larkhill in 1981, followed by tours on 27 Sqn RAF Regt at RAF Leuchars and 19 Sqn RAF Regt at RAF Brize Norton. During this period, he completed 5 operational tours in Belize. In 1985, he was posted to RAF Coningsby as the Station Regt Officer, before returning to GBAD duties in 1987 as the Deputy Sqn Cdr of 63 Sqn RAF Regt at RAF Gutersloh. During this period, he completed an operational tour in the Falkland Islands.