PRINCESS OF WALES’ OWN REGIMENT
Honorary Appointments
Colonel-in-Chief
HRH Diana, Princess of Wales 17 August 1985 – 16 July 1996
Honorary Colonels
14th Regiment, Princess of Wales’ Own Rifles
Colonel Henry R. Smith, CMG, ISO
1 December 1913 – 19 September 1917
The Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment
Brigadier Douglas Gordon Cunningham, CBE, DSO, ED, CD
9 March 1961 – 31 December 1967
Colonel William Alfred Jones, OBE, VD, CD
1 January 1968 – 31 December 1973
Colonel Arthur Britton Smith, MC, CD, QC
17 September 1974 – 30 November 1985
Colonel Arthur K. Twigg, CD
16 January 1986 -15 January 1992
Colonel A.B. Smith, MC, CD, QC
05 May 1992 – 14 January 1995
Colonel Dawson W. Einarson, OMM, CD
15 January 1995 – 14 January 1998
Colonel The Honorable Hillary M. Weston, CM, OOnt, LLD
12 March 1998 – 11 March 2001
Brigadier General Ernest Beno, OMM, CD
31 Oct 2002 – 20 May 2006
Colonel Cyril Woods, Baron of Slane
20 May 2006 – 2009
Colonel Mark Hutchings, CD
10 August 2010 – 31 December 2013
Colonel Dr. John Scott Cowan
1 January 2014 – 31 Dec 2016
Colonel Arthur Richard William Jordan, CD
1 January 2017 – 31 December 2019
Col The Honourable Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, PC, OC, FRSC
1 January 2020 – 31 December 2022
Col Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky
22 Jan 2024 – 27 Jan 2027
Honorary Lieutenant-Colonels
14th Battalion, Princess of Wales’ Own Rifles
LtCol Henry R. Smith, CMG, ISO
30 March 1898 – 1 December 1913
The Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment
LtCol A.H. Fair, ED
1 November 1929 – 23 May 1954
LtCol Harry Eedward Pense, DSO, MC, ED
28 April 1956 – 20 October 1960
LtCol William Alfred Jones, OBE, VD, CD
23 March 1961 – 31 December 1967
LCol Arthur Britton Smith, MC, CD, QC
1 July 1968 – 16 September 1974
LCol Benjamin James Terry, CD
17 September 1974 – 16 September 1978
LCol Arthur K. Twigg, CD
1 June 1979 – 14 January 1986
LCol Dawson W. Einarson, OMM, CD
15 January 1986 – 14 January 1994
LCol James D. McQueen, CD
15 January 1994 – 3 March 2000
LCol Isaac A. Kennedy, OMM, CD
16 May 2001 – 20 May 2006
LCol James D. McQueen, CD
20 May 2006 – 22 Oct 2009
LCol Dr. John Scott Cowan
22 October 2009 – 31 December 2013
LCol Arthur R.W. Jordan, CD
1 January 2014 – 31 Dec 2016
LCol The Honourable Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, PC, OC, FRSC
1 January 2017 – 31 December 2019
LCol Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky
1 January 2020 – 21 January 2024
LCol John Price
6 September 2024 – 5 September 2027