Operational Honours and Awards List: 26 February 2015
A total of 139 members of the armed forces and 1 civilian have been named in the latest Operational Honours and Awards List.
Officer cadets from the Afghan National Army take part in an assault course at Kabul Military Training Centre. [Picture: Crown Copyright]
The full list, which recognises service on operations in Afghanistan and national operations for the period October 2013 to June 2014, is below.
AFGHANISTAN
Victoria Cross
Lance Corporal Joshua LEAKEY, The Parachute Regiment
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Brigadier Martin Patrick MOORE late The Royal Logistic Corps
Brigadier Paul Anthony Edward NANSON MBE late The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Colonel David James Lord SWANN MBE late The Queen’s Royal Hussars
Colonel Gary Paul WILKINSON OBE late Royal Regiment of Artillery
Brigadier James Medley WOODHAM OBE MC late The Royal Anglian Regiment
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Acting Colonel (now Colonel) Jaimie Fraser ROYLANCE, Royal Marines
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Derek GRIFFITHS Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Major Neil Alexander KELLY, The Mercian Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel David Brian KENNY, The Royal Irish Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Oliver SLACK MBE, 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Wing Commander James Peter PENELHUM, Royal Air Force
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Major Thomas Armstrong Scott RYALL, Royal Marines,
Staff Sergeant Lee Edwin ALLEN, Intelligence Corps
Corporal (now Acting Sergeant) Adam Ronald Peter BUTLER, Corps of Royal Engineers
Captain Edward Philip CHALLIS The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Major Duane Joseph FLETCHER Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
Captain Duncan Mark KNOX The Parachute Regiment
Captain (now Major) Declan John LYNN Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch)
Major Jeremy Dawson WALTERS, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Flight Lieutenant Emma DUTTON Royal Air Force
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Lieutenant Colonel James Rowland MARTIN MC The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
Major Thomas Robson MCDERMOTT The Royal Tank Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) James Christopher RODDIS MBE The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Military Cross (MC)
Staff Sergeant Paul Jonathon BILLINGHAM, Royal Marines
Captain William Andrew HALL, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major Angus Myles Arthur TILNEY, The King’s Royal Hussars
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Flight Lieutenant (now Major in Army Air Corps) Laura Alice Hilary NICHOLSON, Royal Air Force
Air Force Cross (AFC)
Flight Lieutenant Edward Thomas BERWICK, Royal Air Force
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An RAF Chinook helicopter coming in to land (library image) [Picture: Captain Malcolm Dalzel, Crown copyright]
Associate Royal Red Cross Medal (ARRC)
Leading Naval Nurse Laura Jane FALLON, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Staff
Squadron Leader Charlotte Joanne THOMPSON-EDGAR, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service
Mention in Despatches (MiD)
Colour Sergeant Ruairi DWYER MBE, Royal Marines
Sergeant Christopher Stephen BROWNE, 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Lance Corporal James Lee BRYNIN, Intelligence Corps (killed in action)
Lance Sergeant Glenn CLARKE, Coldstream Guards
Lance Corporal Luke Oliver Pratley FORSHAW, Coldstream Guards
Captain William Alan FRY, 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Captain Alasdair John GRANT, 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Staff Sergeant Stuart HOLLIS, 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Captain James Richard HOWLIN, Coldstream Guards
Lance Corporal (now Acting Corporal) Jamie MCCAPPIN, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Captain Edward Gervase Colyer MONCKTON, 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Corporal Jonathan William OLIVER, 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Lieutenant (now Captain) Luke Joshua WADMAN, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Lance Corporal Lewis STEVENSON, Royal Air Force
Queen’s Commendation for Bravery (QCB)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Simon James William HALL MBE, The Royal Logistic Corps
Private John Steven PYATT-PAYNE, The Mercian Regiment
Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service (QCVS)
Major Bruce William Drysdale ANDERSON, Royal Marines
Lieutenant Commander Bradley Lawrence WATSON, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Paul Donald WHITE, Royal Navy
Staff Sergeant (now Warrant Officer Class 2) James BATTEN, Intelligence Corps
Colonel Barry William BENNETT OBE, late Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major Samuel George COOKE, The Royal Logistic Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Weatherley DAVIES, Corps of Royal Engineers
Acting Major (now Major) Darren Paul ELSEY, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
Corporal Ricky Vincent FLEET, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Army Reserve
Major Jeremy Francis GILES, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Major Gordon GRIEVE, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Staff Sergeant Robert Charles HORTON, The Parachute Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Graham JOHNSON, Royal Army Medical Corps
Lance Corporal (now Corporal) Benjamin JOHNSON, Intelligence Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Nigel Alan JOHNSON, The Royal Anglian Regiment
Major Mark Stuart JONES, Corps of Royal Engineers
Private Carl David LESTER, The Royal Logistic Corps
Colonel Nicholas John LOCK OBE, late The Royal Welsh
Staff Sergeant Kate Elizabeth LORD, Royal Army Physical Training Corps
Brigadier Neil MARSHALL OBE, late Royal Regiment of Artillery
Warrant Officer Class 2 Mark MCDOUGALL MC, Corps of Royal Engineers
Corporal (now Acting Sergeant) Stuart Johnathan MCINTOSH-MCKEOWN, Royal Army Medical Corps
Major (now Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Alexander Robert MCKAY MBE, The Mercian Regiment
Major James Fraser Stuart MCLEMAN, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Acting Colonel (now Lieutenant Colonel) John Robert MEAD OBE, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major Adam Svend MORRIS, Royal Army Medical Corps
Sergeant (now Staff Sergeant) Steven David NIXON, The Parachute Regiment
Acting Captain (now Captain) Marcus Ian PEMBERTON, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Acting Lieutenant Colonel (now Major) Andrew Robert REDDING MBE, The Parachute Regiment
Lance Corporal (now Acting Corporal) Scott ROBERTSON, The Royal Corps of Signals
Warrant Officer Class 1 Nigel James ROGAN, The Royal Corps of Signals
Corporal (now Sergeant) Aaron Neil RUFFELL, Intelligence Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Bilal Muhammad SIDDIQUE, Adjutant General’s Corps (Army Legal Services Branch)
Private (now Acting Corporal) Benjamin Charles SPITTLE , Royal Army Medical Corps Army Reserve
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Terence STEWART, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Major Gary TAIT MBE, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Lieutenant Hayden John Geoffrey TAYLOR, Intelligence Corps
Acting Major (now Captain) Derek Francis William TICKNER, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Colonel Thomas George VALLINGS, late The Yorkshire Regiment
Captain Richard Simon WOOD, The Parachute Regiment
Corporal (now Sergeant) Michael Terence WRIGHT, Intelligence Corps
Air Commodore John Charles BESSELL, Royal Air Force
Acting Flight Lieutenant Stephen Derek BURR, Royal Air Force
Wing Commander Piers Timothy Westcott HOLLAND MBE, Royal Air Force
Flight Sergeant Richard Webster SELINA, Royal Air Force
C2 Jamie DARLING, Contractor
REST OF THE WORLD
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Brigadier Hugh Hollingworth BLACKMAN, Late The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards,
OBE
Commander Daniel CLARKE, Royal Navy
Commander Michael Daren SMITH, Royal Navy,
Captain Michael Keith UTLEY, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Peter Norman RAMSAY MBE, Welsh Guards
Lieutenant Colonel Graeme Crichton WEARMOUTH, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
A Royal Air Force C17 transport aircraft at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, during operations in 2014. [Picture: Crown Copyright]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Samuel George DOAK, Royal Marines
Lieutenant Wendy FRAME, Royal Navy
Commander (now Captain) Philip John HALLY, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Commander Steven Nicholas WALL, Royal Navy
Captain Mark Edward ACKLAM, The Royal Corps of Signals
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Charles William MAWDSLEY, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Michael Richard Nigel STEWART, Irish Guards
Squadron Leader Calvin George BAILEY, Royal Air Force
Air Force Cross (AFC)
Flight Lieutenant Timothy Neil EDDY, Royal Air Force
Queen’s Gallantry Medal (QGM)
Corporal (now Acting Sergeant) Jonathan MCKEAG, Royal Marines
Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service (QCVS)
Captain Robert James Astley BELLFIELD, Royal Navy
Warrant Officer 2 Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering) (now Acting Warrant Officer 1) Kris Leslie CHARD, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Commander Edwin Sigurd COOPER, Royal Navy
Able Seaman (Communications SM) 1 Matthew William HARRISS, Royal Navy
Sergeant Dean JONES, Royal Marines
Chief Petty Officer Logistics (Supply Chain) Kenneth Murray KENNEDY, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Commander Matthew John KENT, Royal Navy
Chief Petty Officer Warfare Specialist (Abovewater Warfare Tactical) Darren LENNON, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Commander (now Acting Commander) Charles Ian MAYNARD, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Aleesha Wendy MITCHELL, Royal Navy
Lieutenant David Samuel STARKEY, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Graeme Hamish WALKER, Royal Navy
Major (now Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Kevin Finlay WALLS, Royal Marines
Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Holland Goddard CAMPBELL-COLQUHOUN, Corps of Royal Engineers, 538632
Corporal Lisa Michelle DAWSON, The Royal Corps of Signals
Major Jonathan Lee GILBODY, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
Corporal Karl Dominic PAGE, The Royal Corps of Signals Army Reserve
Colonel Stuart Rokeby ROBERTS, Late The Royal Logistic Corps
Sergeant Kevin CARVER, Royal Air Force
Warrant Officer Mark EVANS, Royal Air Force
Flight Sergeant Samantha Jane GREEN, Royal Air Force
Squadron Leader Paul Thomas HAMILTON MBE, Royal Air Force
MISCELLANEOUS
Air Force Cross (AFC)
Lieutenant Commander Christopher Torben GÖTKE, Royal Navy
Flight Lieutenant Ian McIver CAMPBELL, Royal Air Force
Queen’s Gallantry Medal (QGM)
Petty Officer Aircrewman Russell James ADAMS, Royal Navy
Sergeant Daniel Martin ALLANSON, Royal Air Force
Queen’s Commendation for Bravery (QCB)
Petty Officer (Diver) (now Acting Chief Petty Officer (Diver)) Richard Anthony BROWN Royal Navy
Lieutenant Commander Robin Leslie SUCKLING Royal Navy,
Corporal Alexander HARRIES Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police),
Officer Cadet Frances Margaret Emma TOWNEND
University Officer Training Corps Army Reserve
Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service (QCVS)
Major Paul James STEWART Army Air Corps