Guernsey's Lieutenant-Governor: Richard Cripwell sworn in

Children from schools and colleges in St Peter Port lined the parade's route

The new Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey has been sworn in.

Lt Gen Richard Cripwell CB CBE has been sworn in as Commander-in-Chief of the Bailiwick at a special sitting of the Royal Court in St James.

Following his installation a series of celebrations, including a 15-gun salute, were held to welcome him.

He succeeds Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder, who left in November after five years.

A parade marched from Government House to St James led by the band and bugles of The Rifles, followed by a detachment from Guernsey Troop of the Jersey Field Squadron Royal Engineers, along with the Guernsey Standards and service veterans.

Family and friends of Gen Cripwell attended the installation and he was accompanied by military colleagues and representatives from units affiliated to the bailiwick.

The parade was led by the band and bugles of The Rifles

Gen Cripwell was accompanied on the parade by his military assistant Lt Col Nigel Jordan-Barber - an officer of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

Following the ceremony a Poseidon MRA1 from Guernsey-affiliated 201 Squadron performed a flypast.

The Band of The Rifles played at the St Peter Port war memorial, before wreaths were laid at the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry memorial in the sunken garden and at the St Peter Port war memorial.

A 15-gun salute was fired from the Castle Cornet battery.

Born in Northern Ireland, Lt Gen Cripwell was commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers in August 1982.

His military career has seen him work in Northern Ireland, the Middle East and the Balkans, Kosovo, Zimbabwe, Baghdad, Cyprus and Washington, USA.

He was appointed Deputy Commander of Operation "Resolute Support" in Afghanistan in 2017, before being appointed as Deputy Commander Allied Land Command for NATO land forces, based in Izmir, in Turkey.

He said he was "delighted and extremely honoured" to take up his new role in the Channel Islands.

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