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Service Affiliations

The Merchant Taylors' Company seeks to provide meaningful moral support for the Affiliates, collectively and individually, by creating on a structured and transparent basis within the Company and its Schools an awareness of the roles and activities of the Affiliates.

HMS Heron

The affiliation started in 2003. HMS Heron (Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton) is responsible for Operational Flying training for Naval rotary pilots and Lynx observers. It is the home base for the Royal Navy's maritime helicopters. The air station has a total of 150 aircraft and is staffed by some 3000 personnel, 300 of whom are civilians.

For further information please follow this link.

Army Air Corps

The Army Air Corps consists of five operational regiments, two training regiments and one reserve regiment. It also has a number of independent squadrons and flights.

The Army Air Corps is one of the smallest combat arms in the Army, but its fleet of helicopters makes it one of the most potent. Providing firepower from the skies, it has a unique role to play on the modern battlefield by delivering hard-hitting support to ground forces. The affiliation was agreed in 2001.

For further information please follow the following links (if you can no longer see this page then close the new browser window to return):
Army Air Corps

The Royal Yeomanry

The Royal Yeomanry (RY) is a Territorial Army formation reconnaissance Regiment We have Squadrons in Swindon, Leicester, Nottingham, Croydon and Central London. Our affiliation began in 1985.

Our battlefield role combines armoured fighting vehicles, off-road reconnaissance, dismounted infantry operations and forward air controlling. We are also experts in defending against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear threats.

For further information please use the following links (if you can no longer see this page then close the new browser window to return):
Regiment's home page

The London Regiment

The link with the Company dates back to 1888 with an affiliation with the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Since 1968, the various defence cuts have seen the Royal Fusiliers amalgamated and their territorial Battalion become a company, which is now part of the newly formed London Regiment. The Fusilier connection is their C Company (City of London Fusilier) which has its base in Balham.

Regiment's home page

Please click on the link below to read the regiment's newsletter, The Helmand Herald:

The Helmand Herald

HMS Cattistock

HMS CATTISTOCK

Insignia of HMS Cattistock

HMS CATTISTOCK has replaced HMS CHATHAM as the RN ship affiliates to Merchant Taylors’ Company. It is an affiliation, which is slightly different to most, because of the regular flow of Mine Countermeasures Vessels’ crews moving within their squadron.

HMS Cattistock Home Page

RAF Halton

Insignia of RAF Halton

RAF Halton is a station of No 22 (Training) Group and part of the Directorate of Recruitment and Initial Training.

The primary role of the Station is to contribute to the operational effectiveness of the Armed Forces by the timely provision of trained military and civilian personnel to the correct standard and within resource.

RAF Halton also has a number of lodger units covering a vast selection of specialities ranging from air activity to defence media operations. As such RAF Halton is home to approximately 2100 personnel from all three Services, foreign military, contractors and civilians, making Halton a truly diverse team that works together to ensure excellence in the delivery of training.

A conscientious neighbour, the personnel of RAF Halton are actively engaged with the local community and strive for social cohesion.

RAF Halton