Copyright 2010: Chapter Officers
The Chapter Officers and Directors voluntarily run England XIV. The four Officer positions are elected annually with the Directors being appointed by the Officers.
President: Pete Lambourn
Pete
is a past President of England 4 prior to retiring
to Devon and transfering to England 14. He then became the Vice President for England XIV, a position held until 2009.
He was a member of The Ministry of Defence Police for 37 years, 20 of those as a motorcyclist. He served at various stations around the Country, his last being in Central London where he served his last nine years carrying out VIP and special escort duties.
Pete is also the Blue Knights National Secretary.Email Pete: 
Vice President: Muddy Waters
Muddy joined the Royal
Navy (Fleet Air Arm) in June 1965 and served
until March 1976. In April 1976 Joined the Ministry
of Defence Police at R.N.A.S. Yeovilton on CID,
in 1997 became a Police Dog Handler, 1998 became
a Police Dog Assessor, and in 2000 an ACPO Accredited
Police Dog Instructor Licencing Police Dogs
throughout the West of England. He Took early retirement
in April 2007 when he couldn't squeeze any more pension out of the job.
He has ridden motorcycles, Lambretta Scooters (YES he was a MOD, as they got all the good looking birds in the sixties!). He gave up motorcycling for eight years (couldn't get the wife and kids on the back of the bike) then in the seventies, bought a Honda Super Dream, CX500 Custom and an HD Sportster. Then in 1990 he became an active member in the Bridgwater Chapter of HOG.
Muddy joined The Blue Knights England IV Chapter in October 1993, and became their Secretary. In January 2006 deserted with John and helped form England XIV becoming the first Secretary / Treasurer and subsequently, the Vice President. Muddy has attended Blue Knights European rallies as well as several British ones. He takes a very active role in the organisation of Chapter events.
Email Muddy:
Secretary & Webmaster: John Cooke
Immediate Past President
John
served with the Avon & Somerset Constabulary
until his retirement in 2004. During his time
he was a Traffic Officer for 10 years stationed
at Bath. He was a Class 1 Traffic Biker from
early 1981 until 1985 when he gave it up to be promoted to
Sergeant and becoming a police driving instructor
at the regional school in Devizes.
He didn't have a motocycle to ride for many years, but on finding hmself single again, bought himself a BMW K100RT from our very own Chaplain, who was (and still is) a very good friend at the time. He soon realised that his love for biking was in fact, a passion, so changed his bike again to a BMW K1100LT.
He married Tina
in 2003 and joined her to live in Oxford and when he retired from the Force, changed his bike for a new BMW K1200LT. In
2006 they returned to live in Weston-super-Mare
where they both originate from, and John formed England XIV with Muddy and became its founding President. During this time, the Chapter flourished and grew. He takes a very active part in Chapter events and has attended many Rallies, both in the UK and Europe and encourages other members to travel with him. Unfortunately, because Tina can no longer ride pillion with him, John has changed his bike to a Honda Pan European ST1100.
Even though he has changed from BMW, he still courted BMW to become a main sponsor for a charity event which he co-organised in aid of Child Victims of Crime. The event raised over £25,000 and was very succesful in promoting Blue Knights both locally and nationally. Following the success of the charity event, he stood down to become the Immediate Past President, Secretary & Webmaster at the 2009 AGM.
John is the Blue Knights National Treasurer.
Email John:
Treasurer: as Vice President
as per Vice Chairman
Chapter Directors and their Responsibilities
Editor: Pat Sturman
Pat joined Nottinghamshire
Constabulary in November 1969 and served 30
yrs before retirement in 1999. All this service
was in uniform, mainly at Section, as Pc and
later Sergeant, with a period on Traffic in
the early 70s, a period on Support Group, including
the entire Miners Strike year, a short stint
at Driving School and finishing, for his sins,
as a second session as Custody Sergeant. Blames
this last posting for his present mental state.
On retirement, moved from Nottinghamshire to Brixham, Devon and worked as a Fines Enforcement Officer in Devon and Cornwall courts, before signing up to the present occupation as a Traffic Examiner with the Vehicle Inspectorate, now VOSA, in 2002.
Joined BK Eng IV on moving to Devon then transferred to England XIV on formation, in 2007.
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Serving Officers & Trike Riders: Trev Hawksworth
Trev joined the Royal Navy September 1977 as an aircraft engineer, Fleet Air Arm, and served until December 2000. He joined Avon and Somerset Constabulary 3 days later! Married to Julie since 1983 and has a son, Jack.
He has ridden a multitude of different bikes from 1978 until marriage forced him to stop, Julie doesn't like them! Got the bug again September 2007 and bought the trike, Tangerine Dream. Joined Blue knights May 2008. Also a member of the Royal British Legion, Riders Branch.
Email Trev:
Toastmaster: Chris Wilkinson
Chris joined the Royal Navy in July 1970 and served in various mine sweeping squadrons, including Hong Kong, Bahrain, Rosyth and Portsmouth.
In 1976 he joined the West Midlands Police where he spent 15 yrs as a dog handler before transferring to the Community Safety Department. It was while he was serving in the West Midlands that Chris was awarded the MBE for his services to the Police, an honour that Chris is very proud of.
Chris retired from the Police in 2006 after 30 yrs service and moved to Somerset with his wife June where they have settled into village life, a far cry from the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.
Chris is also a graduate of the United Kingdom School of Professional Toastmasters and supports Blue Knights and COPS UK whenever possible
Check Chris out at: www.firstchoicetoastmaster.co.uk
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Chaplain: Reg Walker
Reg started his adult life serving in the Royal Navy and later met his wife, Julie who he moved next door to when he was 14 years old! He works for Avon & Somerset as a communications supervisor, which is where he met John Cooke and persuaded John to buy his BMW thus returning John to riding bikes after years away – so it’s my fault.
Reg is a keen motorcyclist riding all the year round and has ridden a lot with John. A radio amateur and keen sailor with a small yacht berthed at Portland.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Previously serving on the Bishopric and other positions in the church. He was pleased to accept the position of Chaplain, and the first within the United Kingdom and Ireland Conference. Enjoys riding with the Chapter when work does not interrupt. Hope to see you on the road soon.
Email Reg:
INTERNATIONAL HONORARY MEMBER
We in the United Kingdom and Ireland Conference, are fortunate to have one of the three International Honorary Members. Christine Fulton, MBE, was the joint founder of Care of Police Survivors (COPS) in the UK. She has worked tirelessly for COPS and also a great supported of the Blue Knights. She now joins the King & Queen of Belgium and Erik Estrada (of CHiPS fame).
The photo shows Christine receiving her Colours from UKIC Vice Chaorman, Al Goold.