The Sad Passing of Forward Assist Ambassador Rev Katie Watson

It is with a profound sense of sadness and grief that we received the news about Katie, and our first thoughts are with her family and friends. After joining the Army at the age of 18 in 1992, Katie completed basic training at Army Women’s Training Centre in Guilford before travelling to undertake trade training with the Royal Military Police at Chichester. She completed 2 operational tours to Bosnia and Croatia during the genocide in 1994 and 1995 after which she was deployed as a searcher Corporal in Northern Ireland. Having been selected to attend the commissioning course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Katie was commissioned in August 1997 and returned to the RMP. In 2002 she left the Army and trained with Humberside Probation service prior to starting ordination training. She took up the voluntary role of Ambassador and Charity Padre for Forward Assist several years ago. We, like many others who knew her mourn her death with a deep feeling of loss.