Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours for Service personnel and Defence civilians
109 UK Service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual Birthday Honours List.
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Her Majesty The Queen
40 civilians have also been honoured either for work in the Ministry of Defence or in other aspects of UK Defence.
The full Defence Birthday Honours List for 2012 is below:
**ROYAL NAVY **
PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH
As Knight Commander
Admiral George Michael ZAMBELLAS DSC
As Companions
Surgeon Vice Admiral Philip Iain RAFFAELLI QHP
Vice Admiral Alan David RICHARDS
PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
As Knight Commander
Vice Admiral Charles Percival Ross MONTGOMERY CBE ADC
As Commanders
Rear Admiral Thomas Anthony CUNNINGHAM
Rear Admiral Stephen John LLOYD
As Officers
Commodore Robert James MANSERGH
Captain Stephen John MURDOCH
Commander Jason Peter PHILLIPS
Captain Jeremy Neil Melrose PLANT
Captain Richard Laurence POWELL
Captain Christopher Mark SKIDMORE
As Members
Chaplain Bernard Ronald CLARKE
Warrant Officer 1 Brian HALL
Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering Submarines)
Lieutenant Commander Paul Dominic HARRISON
Warrant Officer 1 Simon Paul HAYMAN
Warfare Specialist (Abovewater Warfare Tactical)
Lieutenant Commander Ian Stuart HOBSON
Warrant Officer 1 Thomas Patrick HODGE Royal Marines
Warrant Officer 2 Ceri LEWIS Royal Marines
Captain (Acting Major) David Guy PHILLIPS Royal Marines
Lieutenant Christopher John READ
Royal Naval Reserve (Sea Cadet Corps)
Lieutenant Commander Andrew Derek RIGGALL
Captain Christopher Michael STARLING Royal Marines
Warrant Officer 1 John Cowan WALKER
(Marine Engineering Mechanic) (Mechanical)
ROYAL RED CROSS
Second Class (Associate) (ARRC)
Chief Petty Officer Kevin WARD
(Naval Nurse) Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service
QUEEN’S VOLUNTEER RESERVES MEDAL
Air Engineering Mechanic Michelle PING
**ARMY **
PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH
As Companions
Major General Bruce BREALEY
late Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major General Jonathan David SHAW CBE
late The Parachute Regiment
Major General Michael James von BERTELE OBE QHS
late Royal Army Medical Corps
PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
As Knight Commanders
Lieutenant General Gary Robert COWARD CB OBE
late Army Air Corps
Lieutenant General Paul Raymond NEWTON CBE
late The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
As Commanders
Colonel Robert Hurst Greenaway MILLS
late Grenadier Guards
Brigadier Edward Alexander SMYTH-OSBOURNE
late The Life Guards
Colonel Jeremy John Hobart TUCK
late Royal Army Medical Corps
Colonel Jonathan Andrew Hallam WELCH MBE
late Corps of Royal Engineers
As Officers
Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Matthew James BENNETT
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Lieutenant Colonel Adam John BROOKS
Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Army
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Seth GASH
Royal Tank Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Douglas Anthony KITE
Intelligence Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Guy Anthony LEVENE
The Royal Logistic Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Andrew LUCK
The Royal Logistic Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Anthony LUCKHAM MBE
The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Simon Alastair ORR
Royal Army Medical Corps
Acting Colonel Paul Henry SHEPHERD TD
1st (Northern Ireland) Battalion Army Cadet Force
Lieutenant Colonel David Michael THORPE
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
Colonel Richard WARDLAW
late Corps of Royal Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Eamonn John WELCH
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Lieutenant Colonel Sharon WOODHOUSE
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
As Members
Major Alexander AITCHISON
The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Major Robert Nicholas ALSTON
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Captain Nicholas William David BINNINGTON
The Light Dragoons
Major Steven Paul BURTON
The Mercian Regiment
Major Ian Richard CHEESMAN
The Royal Logistic Corps
Major Hamish George Gordon CORMACK
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Scott Wilson Currie COUGHTRIE
General List Territorial Army
Major Rachel Anne EMMERSON
The Royal Logistic Corps
Major Wayne William FORREST
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Dominic Paul FOX
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Captain Richard John GARDNER
The Royal Logistic Corps
Corporal (Acting Sergeant) Owen Paul GREEN
Corps of Royal Engineers
Corporal Ivan Philip Videira GREGORY
Intelligence Corps Territorial Army
Captain Glenn Timothy HALL
The Royal Logistic Corps Territorial Army
Major Thomas Anthony HARPER
The Rifles
Major Rodney Blake HARWARD
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Major Richard Bouke HAWKINS
Corps of Royal Engineers
Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) John HOLDEN
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major Barry HUMPHREYS
Army Air Corps
Major David Edward James KEMMIS-BETTY
The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Captain Richard Andrew McMAHON
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Major Philip Robert Daniel MUIR
Royal Corps of Signals
Major Alison Elspet MUNRO (nee BAGNALL)
Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Captain Robert Glenn PARKYN
The Royal Logistic Corps Territorial Army
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony PICKFORD
The Rifles
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Alistair Ferguson SPOWAGE
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Battalion Army Cadet Force
Staff Sergeant Adrian Lee STONE
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Territorial Army
Corporal (Acting Sergeant) Mark Steven SUTCLIFFE
The Royal Anglian Regiment
Major Andrew Hartley TOWNEND
The Parachute Regiment
Major Matthew Edward WESTLEY
The Royal Welsh
Warrant Officer Class 2 Gareth John WOOLLEY
Royal Corps of Signals
QUEEN’S VOLUNTEER RESERVES MEDAL
Major Edmund Lincoln BYRNE TD
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment Territorial Army
Major Terence McVEY
Royal Corps of Signals Territorial Army
Colour Sergeant Stewart Desmond STANNARD
The Royal Welsh Territorial Army
Reverend (Major) Jeremy John Ernest SUTTON TD
Royal Army Chaplains’ Department Territorial Army
**ROYAL AIR FORCE **
PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH
As Knight Grand Cross
Air Chief Marshal Stephen Gary George DALTON KCB
As Companions
Air Vice-Marshal Gregory Jack BAGWELL CBE
Air Vice-Marshal Michael Paul COLLEY OBE
PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
As Commanders
Air Commodore Ashley David STEVENSON OBE
Group Captain Warren Austin William JAMES MBE
As Officers
Wing Commander Richard Paul BARROW
Wing Commander Diana Elizabeth BENTLEY
Royal Air Force Reserve
Wing Commander Adrian Vincent Roland BETTRIDGE MBE
Group Captain Richard Francis John CLIFFORD
Wing Commander Paul Robert HOTSTON
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training)
Wing Commander Andrew Keith JOHNSTONE
Wing Commander David Malcolm NOTT
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
As Members
Squadron Leader Diane Paula CARBUTT
Warrant Officer Nicholas Edward DALE
Warrant Officer Ian Robert McCurdie GALLOWAY
Warrant Officer Stephen James Peter GUPPY
Chief Technician John Raymond KIRK
Squadron Leader Ian MARSHALL
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training)
Flight Sergeant John Thomas NELLIS
Sergeant Christopher Aaron Michael PACEY
Squadron Leader Andrew Richard PITTOCK
Squadron Leader William Daniel Roman SAUNDERS
Flight Lieutenant Michael SNOWDEN
Sergeant Helen Dorothy THOMAS
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Warrant Officer Raymond THOMSON
Squadron Leader David Howard WOOLCOCK
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training)
CIVILIANS IN DEFENCE
COMMANDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE)
David John DANIELS
For services to the Defence Industry
Richard DENNIS
Ministry of Defence, London
Doctor Michael Campbell McCAFFERTY
Operations Directorate, Fleet, Hampshire
**OFFICERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (OBE) **
Mrs Patricia BROWN
Ministry of Defence, London
Michael Robert Nesbit EVANS
For voluntary service to St John Ambulance, Solihull, West Midlands
Brigadier Charles William Peter HOBSON RM Rtd
For service to the Royal Marines Association
Dr Carl Nicholas MAYERS
Ministry of Defence, Salisbury
Andrew Gregory MOORE
Ministry of Defence, Newbury
Dr Paul RICE
Ministry of Defence, Salisbury
Professor Peter David ROBERTS
AWE Aldermaston
Mark WRIGHT
Ministry of Defence, London
MEMBERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (MBE)
Richard Arthur ADAMS
For voluntary service to SSAFA Forces Help
Mrs Joanne Elizabeth ANDREW-STEER
For voluntary service to the Royal British Legion Women’s Section
Kenneth COMBES
For services to Defence
Keith Frederick DRODGE
Ministry of Defence, Weymouth
Daryl EAGLE
Ministry of Defence, London
Nicholas HAMER
Ministry of Defence, London
Mrs Linda Lilian HENDERSON
Ministry of Defence, Shrewsbury
Mrs Joy Janette HILL
Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Epsom
Lieutenant Colonel Helen Elizabeth HOMEWOOD TD
Ministry of Defence, Edinburgh
Ashuk HUSSAIN JP
Ministry of Defence, London
Gary IRVINE
Ministry of Defence, Ely
Jonathan Lyndon JELLEY JP
For voluntary service to SSAFA Forces Help
David Hedley John LAYTE
For voluntary service to Seafarers UK
Mrs Mary Marguarita LOCK
For voluntary service to the Royal Naval Association
David Edward LOFTUS
Ministry of Defence, London
Robert Ian MOSS
For services to St John Ambulance
Bernard Wilson PAGE
For voluntary service to the Royal British Legion
Andrew Peter RICHARDSON
Ministry of Defence, Melton Mowbray
Vishwas SHETTY
Ministry of Defence, London
Hugh Jolyon TWISS
For services to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and voluntary service
THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (BEM)
John Henry ALLISON
For voluntary service to the RAF Association
George William ATKINSON
For voluntary service to the Army Cadet Force
Eric Stuart DOCKERILL
For voluntary service to St John Ambulance
Philip David FROOMBERG
For voluntary service to SSAFA Forces Help
Mrs Dee GENT
For services to the Royal Air Force
Mrs Azalia Ruth GOSLING
For voluntary service to the British Red Cross Society
Arthur William GUTTERIDGE
For voluntary service to the Royal Naval Association
Mrs Agnes JOHNSTON
For voluntary service to SSAFA Forces Help
Victor Iorwerth LEWIS
For voluntary service to the Royal British Legion