Mark Wood
British Army Reserve officer; Commanding Officer of the Honourable Artillery Company in 2016–2018
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Wood MBE was Commanding Officer of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), the Army Reserve surveillance and reconnaissance regiment based at Finsbury Barracks in the City of London, in 2016 and 2018.[1][2]
Institute for Statecraft programme, 2016
A programme by the Institute for Statecraft for a "Visit of Ukrainian Reserve Officers" (marked "Private – in confidence", "16th draft; 11 07 2016") lists among its points of contact "Lt Col Mark Wood MBE | Commanding Officer | Honourable Artillery Company | Finsbury Barracks". The same programme records "Col Eitutis Accommodation at the Honourable Artillery Company", referring to Col. (Res) Vidmantas Eitutis of the Lithuanian Army. Its stated aims include "To counter Russian disinformation about the conflict with Ukraine". The document was among the Integrity Initiative files published by Anonymous.[1]
File:Visit-of-ukrainian-reserve-officers-programme-11-07-2016.pdf
Exercise in Japan, 2018
In November 2018 the Army magazine Soldier reported that HAC troops had become "the first in the British Army to exercise with their counterparts in Japan", training with the Japan Ground Self Defence Force at Fuji training base on Exercise Vigilante Isles. The exercise ended with soldiers deploying to observation posts "to simulate a joint operation". It quoted "The HAC's commanding officer, Lt Col Mark Wood": "The Japanese have been incredibly welcoming and excellent partners – we've learnt a huge amount from them."[2]
HAC company directorship
Companies House records "WOOD, Mark, Lieutenant Colonel" as a director of Pencelli Limited (03724227), an HAC subsidiary registered at Armoury House, from 28 May 2016 to 21 January 2019.[3] The HAC's current Commanding Officer, George Robert Cobb, has also been a director of the company.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Institute for Statecraft, Visit of Ukrainian Reserve Officers 16th draft, 11 July 2016, accessed 7 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Eastern promise", Soldier, November 2018, pp. 8–9, accessed 7 November 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Companies House, Pencelli Limited (03724227): officers, accessed 1 November 2026.