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==Military Career and Later Appointments==

==Military Career and Later Appointments==

Amlôt attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], before commissioning into the [[King’s Regiment]] on 15 December 1967.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44523|supp=y|page=1770|date=9 February 1968|nolink=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] on 15 June 1969,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44875|supp=y|page=6258|date=17 June 1969|nolink=y}}</ref> [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] on 15 December 1973,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46155|supp=y|page=15027|date=17 December 1973|nolink=y}}</ref> and [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] on 30 September 1980.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48360|supp=y|page=15272|date=3 November 1980|nolink=y}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=”bio”>{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/amlocirct.html|title=Colonel Martin G C Amlôt OBE OStJ DL FRSA|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref> As a major, he became the second-in-command of 1st Battalion, King’s Regiment; before being promoted to [[Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] on 30 June 1990,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52200|supp=y|page=11361|date=2 July 1990|nolink=y}}</ref> and taking command of the [[5th/8th Battalion, King’s Regiment|5th/8th Battalion]], King’s Regiment.<ref name=”bio”/> He finally served as Secretary to the Commanders in Chiefs’ Committee (Germany), before retiring from the army on 1 November 1994.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53835|supp=y|page=15270|date=31 October 1994|nolink=y}}</ref>

Amlôt attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], before commissioning into the [[King’s Regiment]] on 15 December 1967.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44523|supp=y|page=1770|date=9 February 1968|nolink=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] on 15 June 1969,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44875|supp=y|page=6258|date=17 June 1969|nolink=y}}</ref> [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] on 15 December 1973,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46155|supp=y|page=15027|date=17 December 1973|nolink=y}}</ref> and [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] on 30 September 1980.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48360|supp=y|page=15272|date=3 November 1980|nolink=y}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=”bio”>{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/amlocirct.html|title=Colonel Martin G C Amlôt OBE OStJ DL FRSA|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref> As a major, he became the second-in-command of 1st Battalion, King’s Regiment; before being promoted to [[Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] on 30 June 1990,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52200|supp=y|page=11361|date=2 July 1990|nolink=y}}</ref> and taking command of the [[5th/8th Battalion, King’s Regiment|5th/8th Battalion]], King’s Regiment.<ref name=”bio”/> He finally served as Secretary to the Commanders in Chiefs’ Committee (Germany), before retiring from the army on 1 November 1994.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53835|supp=y|page=15270|date=31 October 1994|nolink=y}}</ref>

Once retired, Amlôt became the Regimental Secretary of the King’s Regiment, seeing him run the home headquarters of the regiment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cobseo.org.uk/files/king’s–regt-association-newsletter-(electronic-edition)-june-2012..pdf|title=The King’s Regiment Association Liverpool Branch – June 2012 Newsletter|page=14|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref> When the regiment amalgamated with two others to become the [[Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment]] in 2006,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/850740/duke-of-lancaster-infantry-unit-saved-veterans-campaign-waterloo|title=Duke of Lancaster’s infantry unit saved from the axe after huge veterans campaign|publisher=Express.co.uk|date=6 September 2017|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref> he was appointed Regimental Secretary once more of the new regiment, and continued in that capacity until 2011.<ref name=”bio”/> Amlôt joined Merseyside [[Army Cadet Force]] in 1994,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53915|supp=y|page=599|date=16 January 1995|nolink=y}}</ref> as a Colonel and the Commandant of the county. He completed the appointment and left in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/24841959/the-volunteer-nwrfca-northwest-reserve-forces-cadets-|title=The Volunteer – Issue 90, Autum 2012|page=22|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref>

Once retired, Amlôt became the Regimental Secretary of the King’s Regiment, seeing him run the home headquarters of the regiment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cobseo.org.uk/files/king’s–regt-association-newsletter-(electronic-edition)-june-2012..pdf|title=The King’s Regiment Association Liverpool Branch – June 2012 Newsletter|page=14|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref> When the regiment amalgamated with two others to become the [[Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment]] in 2006,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/850740/duke-of-lancaster-infantry-unit-saved-veterans-campaign-waterloo|title=Duke of Lancaster’s infantry unit saved from the axe after huge veterans campaign|publisher=Express.co.uk|date=6 September 2017|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref> he was appointed Regimental Secretary once more of the new regiment, and continued in that capacity until 2011.<ref name=”bio”/>

==Voluntary Appointments==

==Voluntary Appointments==


Latest revision as of 17:32, 16 November 2025

British Army officer (born 1947)

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.

Military Career and Later Appointments

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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

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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.

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]

in 1971 he married Jacqueline Pyett of Bridport in Dorset. They had two sons. He was widowed in 1987 and married again. His wife, Daphne Amlôt, MBE (Nee Frost) was born in Southsea, Hampshire.[5]

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