Martin Amlôt
British Army officer (born 1947)
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Colonel Martin Graham Clive Amlôt, OBE, OStJ, DL (born 1947) is a retired British Army officer, former High Sheriff of Merseyside and former Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside.
Martin Amlôt | |
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| Born | 1947 (age 78–79) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Service years | 1967–1994 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Service number | 484810 |
| Unit | King's Regiment |
| Commands | 5th/8th Battalion, King's Regiment |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Order of St John |
| Alma mater | King's School, Chester |
Military Career and Later Appointments
Amlôt attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before commissioning into the King's Regiment on 15 December 1967.[1] He was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 June 1969,[2] Captain on 15 December 1973,[3] and Major on 30 September 1980.[4] During his time in the King's Regiment, and then as a staff officer, Amlôt served in the Caribbean, Germany, Canada, Norway, Hong Kong, the Falkland Islands, Kenya, Northern Ireland, and the United States.[5] As a major, he became the second-in-command of 1st Battalion, King's Regiment; before being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 30 June 1990,[6] and taking command of the 5th/8th Battalion, King's Regiment.[5] He finally served as Secretary to the Commanders in Chiefs' Committee (Germany), before retiring from the army on 1 November 1994.[7] In 1994, Amlôt transferred to Merseyside Army Cadet Force,[8] as the Commandant of the county. He completed the appointment and left in 1999.[9]
Once retired, Amlôt became the Regimental Secretary of the King's Regiment, seeing him run the home headquarters of the regiment.[10] When the regiment amalgamated with two others to become the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment in 2006,[11] he was appointed Regimental Secretary once more of the new regiment, and continued in that capacity until 2011.[5]
Voluntary Appointments
He was appointed as the High Sheriff of Merseyside for 2012–2013,[12] and served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside from November 2000 to June 2022.[13]
Amlôt also serves as a Patron of Sefton Council for Voluntary Services, the Chairman of the Board of Rushton Futures at the Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool, the 2022-24 President of the Liverpool Geological Society, the Treasurer of the Arts Society Wirral, and a member of the Foundation of Liverpool College. He was the 2020-21 President of the Liverpool Athenaeum, and the President of St John Ambulance in Merseyside between 2013 and 2023.
Awards
Amlôt was appointed an OBE in the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours.[14] In 2008, he was appointed a Serving Brother of the Order of St John, received an Order service medal in 2011, and was appointed an Officer of the Order in 2013.[5]