The Worshipful Company of World Traders fosters links between other bodies for mutual benefit. These arise from the specific interests of our members, or because they have intrinsic relevance to world trade. At present there are three affiliations.
The Annual Country Partnership
Each year the incumbent Master chooses a country with which to develop a relationship. The purposes of this may be obvious: to learn more about that country, to offer the hand of friendship to their representatives, and of course to facilitate for liverymen any trading opportunities that there may be with the country in question.
1st Battalion The Rifles
During the Summer of 2010 a formal affiliation between the Worshipful Company of the World Traders and The Rifles, the Army's biggest and youngest Infantry Regiment was established. The affiliation is run through the 1st Battalion The Rifles.
HMS Dauntless
In common with many livery companies, The Worshipful Company of World Traders has formed an affiliation with a unit of HM armed forces.
In 2010 arrangements were made with the Admiralty for the Company to "adopt" HMS Dauntless.
HMS Dauntless
The Worshipful Company of World Traders is proud of its affiliation with 28 (AC) Squadron which was officially reformed on 17 July 2001 as home to the Merlin helicopter. Merlin now makes up a vital part of the Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) alongside its RAF counterparts, the Puma and the Chinook. Since reforming at RAF Benson, the Squadron has developed to incorporate A and B Flights, which are the operational flights, an embedded Operational Conversion Flight (OCF) on C Flight.
