Appointments Bulletin: 24 July 2025

Colonel Julie Forrest shares the latest appointments bulletin for the United Kingdom and Ireland Territory.

On behalf of the territorial leaders, I am pleased to announce the following appointments:

Captain Tom Dunham

• Present appointment: Cheltenham Citadel, South West Division.
• Additional appointment: Territorial Candidates Practitioner (2 days per month), effective: 24/07/2025.

Territorial Envoy Hazel Ellison

• Present appointment: Associate Officer, Birmingham Citadel, West Midlands Division.
• New appointment: Associate Officer, Dudley, West Midlands Division.
• Additional appointment: Chaplain to Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Aston University (2 days per week), effective: 14/08/2025.

Major Carole Gadsden

• Present appointment: High Wycombe, Central, Southern and Channel Islands Division.
• New appointment: Reading West, Central, Southern and Channel Islands Division, effective: 21/08/2025.

Captain Loretta Garman

• Present appointment: Southsea, Central, Southern and Channel Islands Division.
• New appointment: High Wycombe, Central, Southern and Channel Islands Division, effective: 14/08/2025.

Major Alison Gardner 

• Present appointment: Grimsby, Yorkshire and Humber Division.
• New appointment: Associate Officer, Shipley, Yorkshire and Humber Division, effective: 04/09/2025.

Major Margaret House

• Present appointment: Officer in retirement.
• New appointment: Support Officer, Sheringham Corps, East of England Division (3 days per week), effective: 08/05/2025.

Major Samantha Johnson

• Present appointment: Out of appointment.
• New appointment: Andover, Central Southern and Channel Islands Division, effective: 11/09/2025.

Major Sarah King

• Present appointment: William Booth College.
• New appointment: Equip Coordinator, IHQ, effective: 01/09/2025.

Major Marcus Mylechreest

• Present appointment: Liverpool Walton, North West and Isle of Man Division.
• New appointment: Divisional Support Officer, North West and Isle of Man Division, effective: 24/07/2025.

Major Jane Mylechreest

• Present appointment: Liverpool Walton, North West and Isle of Man Division.
• New appointment: Divisional Support Officer, North West and Isle of Man Division, effective: 24/07/2025.

Captain Andrew Manley

• Present appointment: Kirkcaldy, Central and Southern Scotland Division.
• Additional appointment: Area Officer for Fife, Central and Southern Scotland Division (2 days per week), effective: 17/07/2025.

Major Pamela Ralph-Barratt

• Present appointment: Ripon, Yorkshire and Humber Division.
• Additional appointment: Red Shield Services Support Officer (2 days per week), Catterick, Yorkshire and Humber Division, effective: 05/06/2025.

Lieutenant Alice Swain

• Present appointment: Macclesfield, North West and Isle of Man Division.
• Additional appointment: Territorial Candidates Practitioner (2 days per month), effective: 24/07/2025.

Major Gordon Tucker

• Present appointment: Officer in retirement.
• New appointment: Nelson, North West and Isle of Man Division (21 hours per week), effective: 21/07/2025.

Major Valentina Wearmouth

• Present appointment: Camberwell, London Division.
• Additional appointment: Territorial Candidates Practitioner (2 days per month), effective: 24/07/2025.

We pray God’s blessing upon our friends as they take up their new appointments.