So here goes.
Her claims are a bit a scattered mess. But if we try to sort them into a chronological order. Her LinkedIn profile (
Anna de Buisseret - Solicitor - New Media Law | LinkedIn) has her as doing 10 years in the territorial army (TA) (Sep 87 - Dec 97). Which is odd because whenever she rants on social media (or youtube videos) she always says nine years.
Now she commissioned in Oct 89 (as per her photos) and supported by the london gazette (
Page 14350 | Supplement 51962, 11 December 1989 | London Gazette | The Gazette), into the Womens Royal Army Corps (WRAC) in the TA.
An officers service starts from when they commissioned which makes her LinkedIn dates a little misleading, but also now gives us Oct 89 - Dec 97, pretty much exactly eight years. So either eight or ten years depending, so why does she always says nine?
So, lets look at her time in Oxford UOTC. She goes on about two people specifically, Guy Sayle and Rupert Jones. It's clear when you look at her claims as a whole that she was a recruit with Rupert and Guy was their commanding officer.
So lets start with Rupert (
Rupert Jones (British Army officer) - Wikipedia). He read history at reading university which does come under the catchment of oxford UOTC. He commisioned in 1987 on an undergraduate cadetship into the devon and dorset regiment on the 6-Sep-87 (
Page 12388 | Supplement 51080, 5 October 1987 | London Gazette | The Gazette), and then fully into the army on 5-Jul-90 (
Page 8199 | Supplement 52542, 28 May 1991 | London Gazette | The Gazette).
This means her claim of knowing Rupert Jones as an officer cadet at oxford UOTC, between 1987-89 is true (as well as his family military history). The point to note is that he was being sponsored by the army and had already commissioned (into a regiment) when he started (which counts as military service), whilst she was a member of oxford UOTC (most don't go on to join the army), and commissioned into the TA at the end of her time at university (before that doesn't count as military service). She most definitely wasn't a TA officer between 1987-89 which is what she claims on her LinkedIn.
Onto Guy Sayle. She consistently calls him "Sir" and her commanding officer in all her posts, and states in a couple that this was at the UOTC (in another post she's ambiguous and implies it was at 51st Signal Regiment). Although getting an MBE in 1984 (
Page 6 | Supplement 49969, 31 December 1984 | London Gazette | The Gazette) and an OBE in 1992 (
Page 6 | Supplement 52952, 12 June 1992 | London Gazette | The Gazette), he hasn't been knighted (as people have pointed out on her social media) and therefore isn't a 'Sir'.
Its worth noting that she mentions having a dinner with the chief of the general staff, there were two between 1987-89 both of whom were knighted prior to the role, so this may be the source of her confusion.
As for him being the commander of the sir galahad. He was a company commander (Maj) of the welsh guards on the sir galahad (one of two) with the welsh guards commanding officer already having landed. Due to circumstances the location of their landing changed and the two Maj's refused to leave the ship (the guards were neither equipped or trained in maritime operations). When ordered to disembark by the royal marine Maj (who outranked them) they still both refused. Link to information
Wayback Machine (archive.org) and
Coversheet for Thesis in Sussex Research Online. Although an alternative route was eventually agreed, it is easy to prove that Sayle was neither the officer in command of the embarked troops nor the 'commander' of the sir galahad itself.
For him being the commanding officer of oxford UOTC when she was there is less clear.
He promoted to Lt Col in 1986 (
Page 8716 | Supplement 50583, 30 June 1986 | London Gazette | The Gazette), and so will have been assigned out of the battalion. (
The Guards Magazine Winter 1989 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive).
I can find a reference to him as the commanding officer of oxford UOTC in 1989-1990 from the life guards journal (
Acorn 1990 by LGregsec - Issuu), however that clashes with several articles that state the family were living in germany when the Berlin wall fell (Nov 89), with Sayle described as the most senior defence liason in Berlin (until at least 1991)
Emma Sayle: 'Mum shared my spare room with champagne and condoms!’ (you.co.uk),
Crime, Sex Orgies, Politics, the Forces That Drive Westminster – Part 4 – High Society Lady Takes It All To A Higher level – caltonjock.
Its worth noting that Sayle has a very low profile online, probably because his daughter has organised sex parties for the privileged for the last fifteen years.
Now we've got both personalities she's namedropped multiple times out of the way, which, bear in mind all happened while she was an (uncommissioned) officer cadet.
The only evidence of her service, is a short summary on her LinkedIn "She was the Assistant Adjutant at the East Midlands Officer Training Corps and the Adventure Training Officer at 51st Signals Regiment".
Her promotion to 2Lt after commission is probationary, with that being completed in Nov 93 (and her seniority backdated to her commission) (
Page 18294 | Supplement 53486, 15 November 1993 | London Gazette | The Gazette) , and then promoted to Lt in Nov 95 (
Page 1044 | Issue 54295, 23 January 1996 | London Gazette | The Gazette), noting that this now has her as R Signals (WRAC was disbanded in 1992).
It is likely she was assistant adjutant at EMUOTC as a 2Lt probably because of her qualifications. Although I don't understand why the east midlands?
As for being the adventure training officer at 51st signals regiment, as I've said before, there hasn't been a 51st signal regiment since 1967. With 51st signal squadron being in scotland its doubtful this is the unit shes
talking screaming about.
There is a four year gap in her LinkedIn from 90-94, so assuming that was when she lived in the east midlands, its possible she moved to London in 94 and moved to
71st signal regiment (which does exist and is the most likely unit
).
I've been through the royal signals journals (
Wire Archive | Royal Signals Museum) from 87-98 and haven't found a single reference to her (a few from other members of her commissioning course though). In itself that isn't proof that she wasn't there, but demonstrates that she kept a very low profile.
Ultimately she did more in two years as a cadet than the following eight as a commissioned officer, embellishing the former to 'prove' she was an officer (when she wasn't), and did so little of the latter she doesn't even remember the last unit she was at (incorrectly screaming it at the top of her voice.).