2014 Birthday Honours for service personnel and defence civilians
118 UK service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in the annual Birthday Honours List.
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Her Majesty The Queen
51 civilians have also been honoured either for work in the Ministry of Defence or in other aspects of UK Defence.
The 169 defence personnel named in the Birthday Honours List for 2014 are listed below; the full list is available on the Cabinet Office’s website.
Royal Navy
Promotions in and Appointments to the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
As Knight Commander
Vice Admiral Philip Andrew JONES CB
As Companions
Major General Edward Grant Martin DAVIS CBE
Rear Admiral Duncan Laurence POTTS
Promotions in and Appointments to the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
As Commanders
Commodore Keith Andrew BECKETT
Rear Admiral Steven Buchanan BRUNTON
Commodore Paul Anthony MCALPINE OBE
As Officers
Commander Mark Gareth DELLER
Commander Mark Robert HONNORATY
Commander James MCNAIR
Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Connor O’HARA Royal Marines
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert James PULVERTAFT Royal Marines
Captain Berkeley John STANLEY-WHYTE Royal Navy
As Members
Major Scott ASHLEY Royal Marines
Surgeon Commander Andrew BROWN
Chief Petty Officer Logistics (Supply Chain) Ivor CROSS
Commander Simon Evan James DAVID
Lieutenant Commander Neil Charles LOUGHREY
Petty Officer (Diver) Andrew Charles MARSHALL
Lieutenant Commander Larry Roy NICHOLLS
Chief Petty Officer Warfare Specialist (Underwater Warfare) Darren Mark RAYNER
Lieutenant Commander Alfred SIMPSON
Captain Trevor SMITH Royal Marines
Warrant Officer Class 1 Marc WICKS Royal Marines
Associate of the Royal Red Cross
2nd Class
Chief Petty Officer Naval Nurse Jenny Louise DYSON, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service
British Army
Promotions in and Appointments to the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
As Companions
Major General Kevin David ABRAHAM, late Royal Regiment of Artillery
The Reverend Jonathan WOODHOUSE QHC, late Royal Army Chaplains’ Department
Promotions in and Appointments to the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
As Knight Commander
Lieutenant General Simon Vincent MAYALL CB, late 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
As Commanders
Major General Ewan Blythe CARMICHAEL MBE QHDS, late Royal Army Dental Corps
Brigadier Mark Redman GOLDSACK OBE, late The Rifles
Brigadier Giles Patrick HILL, late The Parachute Regiment
Colonel Robert JEFFERIES, late The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Brigadier ROBERT DANIEL MEINERTZHAGEN, late Royal Corps of Signals
Major General Ranald Torquil Ian MUNRO TD, late The Parachute Regiment Army Reserve
Major General Richard James SEMPLE, late Corps of Royal Engineers
As Officers
Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Robert BLACKMORE, Royal Logistic Corps
Colonel Neil Alexander Den-McKAY MBE, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Jerome KINGSBURY MBE, The Parachute Regiment
Colonel Simon Andrew LAWRENCE, Corps of Royal Engineers
Colonel Nicholas Scott MAKIN, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Lieutenant Colonel Alan William Thomas McCOMB, Royal Corps of Signals
Colonel Thomas Michael McMULLEN MBE, Cumbria Army Cadet Force
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Evelyn Robert MORPHEW, Royal Irish Regiment
Colonel James Lyon MURRAY-PLAYFAIR MBE, late Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Charles POPE, Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Anthony REID, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Terence Stewart RICKETTS, Corps of Royal Engineers
As Members
Captain Heidi Miriam Alexandra BLACKWOOD, 1st (Northern Ireland) Battalion Army Cadet Force
Captain Adrian Eric BLANCHARD, Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve
Warrant Officer Class 2 Paul Andrew BREWER, The Yorkshire Regiment
Captain Michael James BRIGHAM, The Mercian Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony James CHRISTIE, Corps of Royal Engineers
Captain Robert Lloyd CLIFFORD, Royal Corps of Signals
Major Michael James COOKE, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Warrant Officer Class 2 Kenneth Newton CRADDOCK, Yorkshire Regiment Army Reserve
Major Simon Charles Dean CULVER, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Lieutenant Colonel Judith Anne DANDO, Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch) Army Reserve
Major Paul Richard EAGLE, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Charles EVASON TD, Parachute Regiment Army Reserve
Major James Robert FAWCETT, Royal Army Medical Corps
Major Gordon GASK, Grenadier Guards
Major Andrew Stephen GREEN, Corps of Royal Engineers
Sergeant Robert Andrew John GUE, Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)
Major Craig Stephen HALLAS, Army Air Corps
Major Dennis George HANNANT, Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve
Major John HANSON, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Peter William HAYWARD, The Blues and Royals
Captain David Peter HENSON, Corps of Royal Engineers
Major Denis HOWARD, Royal Logistic Corps
Major Timothy John IDDON, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major Damian Robert JENKINS, Royal Army Medical Corps
Major Wynne JONES TD, Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve
Major Peter Andrew LE FEUVRE, Royal Army Medical Corps
Warrant Officer Class 1 David LOCHRIE, Coldstream Guards
Major Nicola Jane MACLEOD, Royal Army Medical Corps
Major Barry Roy MELIA, The Rifles
Corporal Martyn James OCONNOR, Intelligence Corps
Major John Phillip OSBORN, Gloucestershire Army Cadet Force
Major Sally Elizabeth POWLING, Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch)
Staff Sergeant Tony James RICHARDSON, Royal Army Physical Training Corps
Major Gary Trevor SAWYER, The Rifles
Lieutenant Colonel Hervey John SCOTT, Royal Corps of Signals
Lieutenant Colonel Ian Harold SCRIVENS, Corps of Royal Engineers
Major William Oliver James STEEL, Royal Logistic Corps
Major Benjamin Roy Greenhalgh TAYLOR, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Sergeant Richard John THISBY, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Warrant Officer Class 1 Martin John THORP, The Parachute Regiment
Major William Saunders TURNER, Corps of Royal Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel William John Ladbrook WAUGH, Royal Tank Regiment
Major Andrew WILSON, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Sergeant Graham John WOOLCOCK, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal
Staff Sergeant Yvonne COOPER, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) Army Reserve
Major Alexander John FINNEN MBE, Intelligence Corps Army Reserve
Warrant Officer Class 2 Anthony MOORCROFT, Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve
Major Michael Sean SCOTT-HYDE, The Rifles Army Reserve
Royal Air Force
Promotions in and Appointments to the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
As Companions
Air Marshal Christopher Paul Anthony EVANS
Air Vice-Marshal Graham John HOWARD
Promotions in and Appointments to the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
As Commander
Air Commodore David John Edwin COOPER
As Officers
Wing Commander Simon James BELLAMY
Group Captain Paul Alexander GODFREY
Group Captain Victoria Patricia GOSLING MBE
Wing Commander Gethyn William HILL
Wing Commander Lynn JOHNSON
Wing Commander Anthony Christian KEELING MBE
Wing Commander Andrew Paul SANDILANDS
As Members
Warrant Officer Carl John BELL
Corporal Ryan Mark BURROWS
Squadron Leader John David BUTLER AFC
Chief Technician Michael Russell FRANKISH
Warrant Officer David Daubney LLOYD
Warrant Officer Steven David MARSHALL
Squadron Leader Louise Victoria PARKER
Wing Commander Richard David PRESLAND, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Squadron Leader Thomas David John REES
Squadron Leader Gareth Lloyd ROBERTS
Warrant Officer Kevin Geoffrey SMITH
Squadron Leader Mark Ruser TAYLOR
Squadron Leader Maurice Leslie THOMPSON, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training)
Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal
Squadron Leader Jeffrey William METCALFE, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Civilians in defence
Knight Bachelor
Gerald Edgar GRIMSTONE for public service, particularly to defence and business
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Dr Susan Ruth Elizabeth ATKINS for services to armed forces personnel
Peter CLAYTON for services to defence
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Giles COCKRILL for services to defence
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Richard Sean CARD for operational support to the armed forces
Nicholas John CARTER for services to defence restructuring in Afghanistan
Martin Kenneth COLCLOUGH for services to disability sport in the armed forces
Mrs Julie Marie MORRIS for services to the UK submarine construction programme
Sean MURPHY for services to military operational capability
Stephen Michael O’LEARY for services in support of military capability
Mrs Susan TIPPING for services to defence
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Dr Robert Samuel ANDREWS for services to defence industry
Lieutenant Colonel Ian BALLANTYNE for services to ex-service personnel in Scotland
Miss Ruth Margaret BELL JP for services to defence
Ms Gail BROADHURST for services to Royal Navy personnel
Miss Nicola Vivian Alexandra CLARKE for services to military families
Mrs Melanie Anne CRADDOCK for services to armed forces personnel and families
Dr Roger Phillip GRIFFITHS for services to the armed forces and defence industry
Gary Peter Andrew HARRIS for services to military operational capability
Colonel David James HILL for voluntary service to armed forces veterans and their families
David HILTON for services to the Royal Navy
Mrs Susan Christine HUGHES for voluntary service to armed forces veterans and their families
Damian Peter Christian JOHNSON for services to defence
Mrs Linda Grace KENNEDY for services to RAF personnel
Ms Catriona Gibson McBEATH for services to police training in Afghanistan
Mrs Enid Bertha PATIENT for voluntary service to St John Ambulance
Richard Bertrand PLAYER for services to defence catering
James Fergus ROSIE for services to military operational capability
Miss Michelle SMITH for services to defence
Susan Jane WESTLAKE for services to ex-servicewomen
Clyde Emmanuel WHITE BEM for services to armed forces sport in Germany
The British Empire Medal
Norman BLACK for services to the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association and the community in Northern Ireland
Adam CARRUTHERS for voluntary service to the Royal British Legion Scotland
Ms Holly Angharad DAVIES for services to armed forces personnel
Frank Donald DAYMAN for voluntary service to veterans and their families
Mrs Margaret Sarah DUFF for services to veterans
Ms Agnes GARDINER for services to service personnel
Peter John HAYDON for voluntary service to first aid
Mrs Sylvia HEYES for voluntary service to veterans
Mrs Marion Rose HOOK for voluntary service to first aid
Christoper Frederick HORE for voluntary service to veterans
Mrs Katherine Diane HULL for services to veterans and their families
Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd) Cecil John LAWSON for voluntary service to the Army Cadet Force
Mrs Valerie Sylvia MOORE for voluntary service to the community in Bristol
Lesley John POND for voluntary service to armed forces personnel through the Joint Services Adapative Ski Scheme
Miss Janet Mary QUALTERS for services to defence and charitable services through the Anthony Nolan Trust
Derek James SWEETENHAM for voluntary service to the Royal Air Force Association
Philip Stephen WADEY for voluntary service to first aid
Philip WRIGHT for voluntary service to the Air Training Corps
Brian WOOD for voluntary service to the Air Training Corps
Norman Bennett YOUNG for voluntary service to veterans and their families
The Queen appoints 3 former Chiefs of the Defence Staff to honorary 5-star rank
Her Majesty has given orders for the following honorary appointments:
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Admiral the Lord Boyce KG, GCB, OBE, DL as Admiral of the Fleet
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General the Lord Walker GCB, CMG, CBE, DL as Field Marshal
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Air Chief Marshal the Lord Stirrup KG, GCB, AFC as Marshal of the Royal Air Force
The appointment to honorary 5-star rank is a promotion that can be given by the sovereign alone and is made sparingly.