Andrew Ridgway
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Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Peter Ridgway, is a former British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. He was appointed to the latter role for a 5-year term on 14 June 2006 after a long mili
Ridgway in June 2010
Lt Gen. Sir Andrew Ridgway (left) fulfilling duties as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, alongside Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff of Jersey (right), at Liberation Day celebrations, 9 May 2008
3rd Royal Tank Regiment
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The 3rd Royal Tank Regiment was an armoured regiment of the British Army in existence from 1917 until 1992. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It original
Andrew Ridgway
…educated at Hele's School, Exeter, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1970, Ridgway was commissioned into the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, serving in Germany and Ireland as a Troop Leader. In 1975, he qualified as a helicopter pilot, and was given command of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment…
A Sherman tank of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment during the Normandy campaign, August 1944
Stuart tanks of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, 11th Armoured Division, drive along an autobahn towards Lubeck, 2 May 1945