Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah | |
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![]() Riding in Trooping the Colour, 2018 | |
Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Ghana |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Unit | Household Cavalry |
Battles/wars | Afghanistan War and Iraq War |
Awards | Member of the Royal Victorian Order |
Spouse(s) |
Joanna Hanna-Grindall
(m. 2012) |
Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, MVO (born 1979) is a Ghanaian-born officer in the British Army. Appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as her equerry, he was the first black man to hold this position.[1][2] Twumasi-Ankrah is an officer of the Household Cavalry and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.