Halley Base Commanders

When the base was taken over by FIDS, in keeping with FIDS practice it had a Base Leader (BL):

1959	G.R. Lush
1960	N.A. Hedderley
1961	C. Johnson
1962	G.M. Jarman
1963	M.R. Sumner
1964	D.R. Jehan
1965	J.P.D. Cotton
1966	P.I. Whiteman

For political reasons, the title was changed to Base Commander (BC):

1967	E.J. Chinn
1968	C.C.R. Sykes
1969	P.D. Clarkson
1970	C.A. Clayton
1971	M. Vallance
1972	A.J. Smith
1973	R. Daynes
1974	B.G. Jones
1975	E.K.P. Back
1976	E.A. Thornley
1977	K.C. Lax
1978	M.V. Mosley
1979	P.R. Witty
1980	J. Scotcher
1981	P.J. Gibbs
1982	G.K. Nieuwenhuijs
1983	R.E. Bowler	(Z3)
1983	D.G. Allan	(Z4)
1984	C.D. Nicol
1985	L.R. Airey
1986	J.M. Roscoe
1987	P.M. Aslin
1988	B.W. Newham
1989	D. Stewart
1990	A.P. Bateman
1990	A.J. O'Sullivan	(Z5 Team Leader)
1991	L.P. Whittamore	(Z4)
1991	P.I. Clarke	(Z5)

Under a new BAS system, there was a permanent BC who spent the summer season at Halley, then summer in the UK. On base, there was a Winter Base Commander in charge during the winter:

1992	E.S. Hunter
1993	R. Weight
1994	B. Mallon
1995	S.S. Yamin-Ali
1996	B.J.S. Morton
1997	M.H. Bell
1998	V.J. Auld
1999	J.W. Fox
2000	S. Prasad
2001	D. Glynn
2002	S. Hinde
2003	P. McGoldrick
2004	R.A. Locke
2005	S.J. Coggins
2006	J. Withers
2007	P. Milner
2008	A. Fryckowska
2009	A. Fryckowska

Permanent base commanders have been:

1991 - 1993	Brian Newham
1993 - 1998	Les Whittamore
1999	Simon Gill
2000 - 2003	Steve Marshall
2003 - 2004	Steve Brown
2004 - 2007	Patrick McGoldrick
2007 - 2008	Vicky Auld
2008 - 2009	Caroline Lewis

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