Lieutenant Colonel Andy Horsfall commissioned into the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) in 2008. Initial service at RD took him on P Company, the Light Role Reconnaissance Course, various BATUS deployments and two operational tours of Afghanistan. He left RD as Adjutant and a Royal Lancer following the amalgamation of 9/12L and QRL in 2015.
A stint in the MoD Operations Directorate followed before promotion to Major and then, after ICSC(L), he staffed a J3 desk in the UK’s Permanent Joint Headquarters. Following a year focused on Africa, Horsfall became Military Assistant to the Chief of Staff (Operations).
Horsfall took command of D Squadron, The Royal Lancers in 2019 deploying across the UK, to Germany and to the W. Balkans on Op ELGIN as OC of an Intelligence Task Unit. Following sub-unit command in July 2021 he was appointed Chief of Staff, 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade. His two years saw the Brigade increase in size from 6 to 11 Units under Army 2020 measures, and took him on deployments on exercises in Germany, Estonia, Texas and California.
Horsfall was subsequently posted to the Rapid Acquisition Team in Army Headquarters. He managed the acquisition of essential signal, networking, and power systems prior to being selected at short notice for the position of Challenger 3 Programme Manager. In that year, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, selected for the Army Advanced Development Programme (AADP), and subsequently selected to command The Royal Lancers, assuming command in 2026.
Andy is married to Jessica. They have three children, Tilly (10), Olivia (8), and Wilfred (6). He enjoys triathlon and cycling and rowed his way through university where he gleaned a master’s degree in civil engineering from Imperial College, London. He has since completed a master’s in defence and security studies from King’s College, London and is studying towards an MBA at Warwick Business School as part of AADP. He talks a good game around team sports, and on occasion will attempt to play them. He enjoys both snow and water, often spotted trying to surf or ski on beaches and ski slopes around the world.