Uniformed Affiliations

2 Company, City of London & NE Sector, Army Cadet Force

With over 74,000 cadets and 11,000 Cadet Force Adult Volunteers, the ACF offer adventure training, fieldcraft, Duke of Edinburgh's Award participation as well as civic and community events. The Cadets and CFAV's of 2 Coy are often seen forming a guard of honour at Coopers’ events, accompanying the Master and Wardens during the Lord Mayor’s show and, of course, competing in the Coopers’ Company annual cask racing competition. The Company is delighted to have a close relationship with 2 Company and provide support to its staff and cadets.

99 Squadron, RAF

With its C17 fleet, 99 Squadron, based at RAF Brize Norton the home of the RAF's transport and air-to-air refuelling capability, provides the Armed Forces with strategic airlift. It has been one of the worshipful Company of Coopers’ affiliates since 2005. Former aircraft include the DH.9 bomber and the Britannia. It was the first unit to convert to Wellington bombers in World War II. 99 Squadron supported the hurricane relief effort in Belize in 1961 and the Caribbean in 2017. In recent years it has also been supporting every theatre of war for the Armed Forces. Today, one of its huge transport aircraft displays the Coopers' coat of arms. The Company is immensely proud to be associated with such a busy and important unit.

HMS President

HMS President is the UK’s largest Royal Naval Reserve unit and an accredited RYA training centre with a boat that operates on the Thames. Reservists enjoy a range of part-time career opportunities, adventurous training, sports and social activities, and deploy worldwide on operations and exercises, seamlessly integrating with their regular counterparts. HMS President maintains the Royal Navy’s permanent presence in London, with reservists representing the Service at events in the City, across the UK and overseas. The Coopers’ Company is extremely proud of their association with HMS President and many members of the unit also belonging to the Coopers’ Company. Every year, during the Lord Mayor's Parade, the Commanding Officer presents the new Lord Mayor with a tot of rum from a cask presented to HMS President by The Coopers’ Company.

Household Cavalry Regiment

The Cooper's newest affiliated unit, the Household Cavalry, is a union of the two most senior regiments in the British Army; The Life Guards and The Blues & Royals. It is divided into the Household Cavalry Regiment and the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

Based in Bulford, the Household Cavalry Regiment is the operational unit, providing an armoured reconnaissance capability with the state-of-the-art Ajax armoured fighting vehicle. Their soldiers are first and foremost armoured reconnaissance experts, but also specialise in other battle winning capabilities, including snipers, anti-tanks, remotely piloted air systems, and information activity.

St John Ambulance, Medical Response Team (MRT)

The London and South Region's MRT is a specialist resource who rapidly assess, treat, and extract patients from densely crowded areas including concerts, bonfire nights, Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph and the London Marathon. As such they are a hugely busy group doing amazing, lifesaving work.