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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 Chatham

The affiliation began in 1989. HMS Chatham is a Type 22 (Batch 3) Frigate currently serving as the NATO flagship in the Mediterranean. Her peacetime complement is 247 all hands.

For further information click on the following links:
HMS Chatham

For HMS Chatham's latest progress report and photo diary click on the following links:

HMS Chatham Progress Report

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

Joint Force Harrier

The Joint Force Harrier (JFH) was established on 1 April 2000 and brought together the Sea Harrier FA.2 squadrons, previously under Naval Air Command, with the RAF's Harrier GR 7/7A squadrons in a new command within RAF Strike Command. From 1 April 2006 the JFH will consist of 4 x squadrons all based at RAF Cottesmore.