Sunday, 10 June 2012

GSM BILLY MOTT OBE AND TREVOR COMBER

Trooping the Colour 2012
Billy Mott is God in the London district and runs all ceremonial events ( Royal Weddings, Queens Birthday, or Trooping the Colour Etc.

WO1 (GSM) W D G 'Billy' Mott OBE, Welsh Guards 2002-present day

'Billy' Mott enlisted into the 1st. Battalion Welsh Guards in April 1979 and has served with the Battalion in Belize, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Kenya and the USA. He completed operational tours of Northern Ireland and served in the Falklands during the 1982 conflict.
'Billy' Mott enlisted into the 1st. Battalion Welsh Guards in April 1979 and has served with the Battalion in Belize, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Kenya and the USA. He completed operational tours of Northern Ireland and served in the Falklands during the 1982 conflict.

He has held the post of instructor at both the Guards Depot, as a Lance Sergeant, and also at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as Colour Sergeant, Company Sergeant Major and as Regimental Sergeant Major.

Prior to assuming his present appointment as the Garrison Sergeant Major, Headquarters London District, he held the appointment of GSM at Headquarters Northern Ireland.

Having shadowed 'Perry' Mason for six months, GSM Mott's first Trooping the Colour Parade as GSM was in June 2003.Having shadowed 'Perry' Mason for six months, GSM Mott's first Trooping the Colour Parade as GSM was in June 2003.

He was involved in the ceremonial arrangements for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's funeral and the Golden Jubilee State Procession and he has also been a pivotal figure in the repatriation ceremonies for those killed in action during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Since taking up his appointment he has also served in Malaysia, Jamaica and Jordan. On each occasion, in a ceremonial capacity.

GSM Mott was awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2007.

For the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton in April 2011, GSM Mott was presented with a new insignia of rank reviving the original one made for Sergeant Majors appointed to the Court of King William IV in the early 19th century. It incorporates the Royal Coat of Arms worn by selected Warrant Officers Class 1 of The Household Division, placed over four chevrons sewn in gold thread, the traditional badge of the Sergeant Major. The badge was researched by the staff at The Guards Museum and commissioned by Major General Commanding the Household Division, Major General William Cubitt CBE, before being approved by HM The Queen.

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