Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce

Commanding Officer - Armoured Trials and Development Unit British Army

With a passion for the role and challenges of reconnaissance, Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce commissioned into the Household Cavalry. He completed tours of Bosnia and two of Iraq as a junior officer.

At PJHQ, he was the J3 Joint Effects desk officer and MA to the Assistant Chief of Staff J3 (Operations). He commanded C Squadron HCR in preparation for a tour of Afghanistan on Scimitar 2. He has been the Syria desk officer in Military Strategic Effects, Plans Officer for the European Training Mission in Mogadishu and Requirements Manager on the AJAX programme. Most recently he has been the Household Cavalry Second in Command and the J3/Operations and Africa Team Leader for the Joint Force Headquarters on global crisis response.

Foremost are his passion for flying (fixed winged aircraft), skiing (with a small parachute - speed riding) and reforming the Army's least useful anachronisms. He assumed command of the Armoured Trials and Development Unit in August 2021.