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06 Sept 2025

New Commandant at Lympstone base

New Commandant at Lympstone base

Innes Catton has been appointed as the new Commandant of Commando Training Centre

Lieutenant Colonel Innes Catton has been appointed as the new Commandant of Commando Training Centre, Lympstone.

The Commando Training Centre, also known as CTCRM, is the primary training centre for the Royal Marines. 

On average, 1,300 recruits, 2,000 potential recruits and 400 potential officers attend training courses at CTCRM every year.

Innes joined the Royal Marines in September 2002 and realised a lifelong ambition to earn the coveted Green Beret.

Since then, he has occupied a variety of operational and training roles, which have included deployments across the globe and operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was selected for Operational RM Command in 2019.

Having been selected for Command of 45 Commando RM he is now eagerly anticipating the significant privilege of commanding the Lead Commando Unit alongside relishing the opportunity to develop the Future Commando Force in practice.

Innes is married with three children and any spare time that exists beyond reacting to the whims of his children is spent supporting Chelsea FC.

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