The Britannia Association

Britannia Royal Naval College has been training Royal Naval officers on its current site since 14th September, 1905. In fact, naval officers' training in Dartmouth goes back to 1863, when the old wooden ship HMS Britannia was first moored in the River Dart. The job has always been the same and is now encapsulated, as you might expect, in a mission statement:

“To deliver courageous leaders with the spirit to fight and win”.

Under the Royal patronage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, the Britannia Association was created and registered in 2001. As an alumni association the Britannia Association provides an official mechanism to allow serving or retired officers access to BRNC and its facilities.

Now approaching the 10th anniversary of its launch, the Association is well-founded, growing and continuing to meet its aims and charitable objectives.

The Britannia Association is a registered Charity No. 1086445

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Our Aims

The Britannia Association was formed to meet a need for the alumni of BRNC, who have served either as wardroom status, or undergone training at Britannia Royal Naval College, to enable them to be linked, through having an Association.

Membership is intended to be as 'inclusive' as possible and aims to achieve the following:

• To provide a long term focus and network for the alumni of the Officer Corp of the Navy and to assist them to stay in touch with each other through membership of the Association.
• To provide a Charitable Trust to accept donations and legacies.
• To provide grants from funds held in Trust in support of non publicly funded College activities.
• To be able to provide a source of benevolent funds to members in appropriate circumstances.
• To assist and encourage members to stay in touch with BRNC and to enable them to make a contribution to the formation and welfare of successive generations of young officers.
• Through the above to promote and contribute to the military efficiency of the Royal Navy.

Charitable Objectives

The formally expressed objects of The Britannia Association are:

To promote the military efficiency of The Royal Navy by:-

• Maintaining contact between past and present alumni and wardroom status members of BRNC staff, fostering mutual friendship and providing a mechanism for a networking opportunity.
• Fostering esprit de corps, comradeship and the welfare of past and present alumni thereby preserving the traditions of both, the Royal Navy and BRNC.

To relieve where appropriate past and present alumni, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.

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Eligibility

The Britannia Association – “The Alumni of Britannia Royal Naval College”

Membership to the Association is open to and encourages support from

• Any serving officer of any section of the Naval Service
• Any retired officer of any section of the Naval Service
• Any Reserve Service officer of the Naval Service
• Any officer of a Foreign Naval Service who has served at BRNC for more than ten days
• Any officer from the Army or Royal Air Force who has served at BRNC for more than ten days
• Any civilian victualled in the wardroom who has served at BRNC for a period of more than ten days
• Widows and widowers of officers of the UK Naval Service

Your membership, underpins the Association’s charitable aims and objectives, making a positive contribution to the development of the current era of young naval officers – “giving something back”.

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The Charity

The Charity name is 'The Britannia Association'.

Trustees

Patron

His Royal Highness Admiral the Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM

Vice Patron

Honorary Rear Admiral Sir Donald Gosling KCVO

Deputy Vice Patron

Captain Charles Howeson - Royal Naval Reserve, FIoD, FCMI, FNI, FFB, FRSA, Hon.D.Man

Members of the Board of Trustees:

President

Admiral the Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC

Hon Vice Presidents

Admiral Sir John Brigstocke KCB

Rear Admiral Robin Shiffner CB

Vice Admiral Rory McLean CB OBE

Chairman

Vice Admiral Sir Richard Ibbotson KBE, CB, DSC

Vice Chairman

Captain Graham Robinson Royal Navy ‡†#

Deputy Vice Chairman

Commander Rory Jackson, Royal Navy ‡†#

Members

Lieutenant Commander Damian Exworthy Royal Navy *#

Rear Admiral Niall Kilgour CB

Commander Stephen Mackay Royal Navy #

Captain Stuart McQuaker Royal Navy *

Commodore Jamie Miller CBE Royal Navy *

Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti

Rear Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt OBE MA*

Mark Dowie Esq†

Rear Admiral Martin Alabaster *

Honorary Advisors

Robin Bolton †‡

Jonathan Mashen

(*denotes a serving officer)
(† denotes member of the Investment Committee)
(‡ denotes member of the Chairman's Executive Committee)
(# denotes member of Finance Sub Committee)

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Council Members

Chairman

The Commodore of BRNC: Commodore Simon Williams Royal Navy

Vice Chairman

The Commander BRNC: Commander Andy Hancock Royal Navy

Members

Staff Officer BRNC: Lieutenant Richard Bartram Royal Navy

Serving Officer: Captain Charles King Royal Navy

Serving Officer: Lieutenant Commander Darren Davies Royal Navy

Trustee: Commander Rory Jackson Royal Navy

Trustee: Mark Dowie Esq†

Retired Officer 1: Lieutenant Commander Nicko Franks OBE Royal Navy

Retired Officer 2: Commander Brian P Boxall-Hunt OBE Royal Navy

Hon Registrar: Mark J Grove Esq

Elected Member 1: Tim Farrow Esq

Elected Member 2: Stephen Daltrey Esq

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Association Employees

Association Secretary

Liza Cadby

Assistant Secretary

Nichola Winstanley

Association Administrator

Julie Moores

Membership Opportunities

Through The Alumni Association

• Single point of contact with Britannia Royal Naval College
• Assistance in facilitating social and recreational functions within the BRNC
• Annual Britannia Magazine – Comprehensive review of BRNC’s achievements and articles of interest
• Alumni silk tie and ladies silk neck scarf (available for purchase)
• Alumni lapel pin (available for purchase)

For further information and enquiries please contact the Britannia Association office, 01803 677565, 93749 7565 or admin@britanniaassociation.org.uk