You do not have to be a big household name to be a Water Rat.

Indeed, many of our members you will not have heard of. Each one though is a name within the entertainment profession; known and admired by his peers and considered the right sort of person to join our ranks.

It isn't easy to become a Rat! A highly involved vetting and voting procedure takes place before a new member can be initiated. Here is our current list of members.

Kenny Baker

Barry Balmayne, PScR, RoY'97

John Bardon

Tony Barton, PTG

Derek Batey, RoY'84

Mike Batt

PKR David Berglas, BM&BAR, PPrec

Bob 'The Cat' Bevan, MBE, PCR

Michael Black, PTR

Lionel Blair

John Bouchier

John Boulter, PBR

Adger Brown

Duggie Brown

Joe Brown, PTR

Frank Bruno, MBE

Bryan Burdon, PBR

Andrew Van Buren

Terry Burgess, PTR, RoY'03

Max Bygraves, OBE

PKR Wyn Calvin, MBE, OStJ, BM

Kenny Cantor, RoY'72

David Capri, PTG

Frank Carson

Johnnie Casson

Duggie Chapman

Peter Chester

Jimmy Clark

Steve Clark, PDMR

Bernie Clifton, RoY'82

John Clive

Con Cluskey, PDepMR

PKR Dec Cluskey

Graham Cole, PTG

Norman Collier

Jess Conrad

PKR Sir Henry Cooper, OBE, KSG, RoY'75

Mike Craig, PScR, KRA'93

Michael Crawford, OBE

Barry Cryer, OBE

Toni Dalli

Martin Daniels, PTG

PKR Paul Daniels, BM, KRA'02

Sir John Dankworth, CBE

Freddie Davies, PPR, RoY'84

PKR Roger De Courcey

Del Denester, PChTG

Johnny Dennis

Craig Douglas

Ted Durante, PTG

Robert Earl, PTR

Kenneth Earle

Peter Elliott, PPR

Chris Emmett, PPR, PScR,

Udo Fontaine, PBR

Bruce Forsyth, OBE

Will Fyffe Jnr

Steve Galler, PTR, PCR

Richard Gauntlett

Gordon Giltrap

Frank Ginnett, PTR

Rusty Goffe, PMR

Joe Goodman, PChTG

Ken Goodwin

Peter Goodwright

Cliff Hall

Keith Harris

PKR Melvyn Hayes, PPR

Vincent Hayes

Brendan Healy

Tim Healy

"Prof" Guy Higgins, PTG

Vince Hill

Frazer Hines

Bob Holness, PCR

Mike Hope, PTG

Nigel Hopkins, PTG

Len Howe, PTG

PKR Roy Hudd, OBE, BM, KRA'97

Engelbert Humperdinck

Ian Irving

Paul James

Pete James

Kyran Jesson

Ken Joy, PPR, RoY'01, KRA'00

Richard Joy

PKR Gorden Kaye

KR Kaplan Kaye, PPR, KRA'01

Albie Keen

Gerard Kenny

Barry Kent, PTG

Paul Kidd, PCR

Neville King

Ross King

Jack Kodell

PKR Danny La Rue, OBE, RoY'73

Lew Lane, BM, PCR, RoY'86

Johnny Laycock, PMR

Dave Lee, MBE

David Lee, PTG

Ian Liston

Johnny Lockwood, PCR

John Lodge

Gary Lovini

Johnny Mans, PTG

Jim Marshall OBE, PBR, KRA'94, RoY'00, BM

Terry Marshall

Bill Martin, PScR

Derek Martin

Mike Martin, PScR

John R. Maxim, ALCM

Johnny Maxim, PChTG

Brian May

Nikko McBrain

PKR Chas McDevitt, PPR, RoY'80

Doug McKenzie, PTG, RoY'02

Ray McVay

Pat Mooney

Johnny More

Pete Murray, OBE, PTG

Billy Murray

Charlie Noble, PTG

Tom O'Connor

Nicholas Parsons, OBE

Joe Pasquale, PTR

Billy Pearce

PKR Alf Pearson, BM

Jimmy Perry, OBE, PCR, RoY'83

Bill Pertwee, PBR

Tom Plummer, PBR

Peter Polycarpou

Leslie Randall

Dick Ray, RoY'79

Mike Redway, PDMR

Roger Rees

Ian Richards

Bobby Roberts, PCR

Bobby Roberts Jnr

Andrew Robley, PTG

Sean 'Rollo' Rollason

Ronnie Ronalde

Rex Roper, PChTG

Edmundo Ros, OBE

Terry Seabrooke

Jack Seaton, PTR, RoY'93

Paul Shane

Don Shearman, PMR

Alan Simmons, PCR, RoY'90

PKR Keith Simmons, PDPrec, BM, RoY'90/'98, KRA'03

Ronnie Smart

Carl J. Smyth

PKR Don Smoothey

Paul Squire

Stan Stennett, MBE

Jerry Stevens

Ed Stewart, PBR

Clive Stock

John Stokes

John Styles

John Randolph Sutton, PTG, RoY'81

Jimmy Tarbuck, OBE, PPR, RoY'69

Ian Tough

Rick Wakeman

Graham Walker

Roy Walker

Adrian Walsh

PKR Bert Weedon, OBE, FRSA, BM

Bryn Williams, PChTG, BEM, KRA'92

Mike Winters

Sir Norman Wisdom, OBE

Chris Woodward

Mike Yarwood, OBE

What those letters mean!

KR: King Rat

PKR: Past King Rat

PR: Prince Rat

PPR: Past Prince Rat

Prec: Preceptor

PPrec: Past Preceptor

DPrec: Deputy Preceptor

PDPrec: Past Deputy Preceptor

TR: Test Rat

PTR: Past Test Rat

CR: Collecting Rat

PCR: Past Collecting Rat

ChTG: Chief Trap Guard

PChTG: Past Chief Trap Guard

TG: Trap Guard

PTG: Past Trap Guard

ScrR: Scribe Rat

PScR: Past Scribe Rat

AssScrR: Assistant Scribe Rat

PAssScrR: Past Assistant Scribe Rat

MR: Musical Rat

PMR: Past Musical Rat

BR: Bait Rat

PBR: Past Bait Rat

DepMR: Deputy Musical Rat

PDepMR: Past Deputy Musical Rat 

KRA after a Water Rats name shows that he has been the recipient of the

'King Rats Award'. 

RoY'04 shows he has been 'Rat of the Year' for that specific year. 

BM is our highest honour - The Badge of Merit'. The 'Bar' is an added award for a most outstanding contribution of service to the Order. Only two members hold the distinction of BM & Bar - Past King Rat and Preceptor David Berglas and Past King Rat and Past Preceptor Wyn Calvin MBE.