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Strategic Command personnel recognised in New Year’s Honours List 2024

Past and present members of Strategic Command have been recognised in His Majesty, King Charles’ New Year’s Honours List 2024 for their services to defence.

From:
Strategic Command
Published
30 December 2023
Last updated
18 January 2024 — See all updates

The following individuals from Strategic Command have been recognised:

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

  • Royal Navy Rear Admiral A Betton OBE
  • Royal Air Force Air Marshal I D Gale MBE

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

  • British Army Colonel T Woolley
  • British Army Colonel N G C Yardley
  • British Army Acting Colonel J A Lyons
  • British Army Lieutenant Colonel T Appleyard
  • British Army Lieutenant Colonel E C N Harris
  • British Army Lieutenant Colonel C D Pope

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

  • Royal Navy Commander S Andrews
  • Royal Navy Warrant Officer Class 1 S Gilbertson
  • Royal Navy Reserve Commander P O’Dooley
  • British Army Major N A McClelland
  • British Army Corporal T Ndlela
  • British Army Staff Sergeant M F Robinson
  • Royal Air Force Wing Commander S Haley
  • Royal Air Force Squadron Leader M Shipley
  • Royal Air Force Squadron Leader J D Hemingfield
  • Royal Air Force Sergeant M J Henderson
  • Civil Service J E Loftus

Ordinary Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

  • British Army Major A G Hughes
  • British Army Staff Sergeant N D Davies

King’s Volunteer Reserves Medal (KVRM)

  • Royal Air Force Squadron Leader J Pritchard
  • Royal Air Force Warrant Officer S D Thompson

Commander Strategic Command Commendation

  • Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander D Donbavand
  • British Army Lieutenant Colonel P Morris
  • British Army Lieutenant Colonel R Booker
  • British Army Lieutenant Colonel T Perkins
  • British Army Major A R Campbell
  • British Army Captain T R F Blennerhassett
  • British Army Captain P Canepa
  • Royal Air Force Wing Commander J A B Jakubowski
  • Royal Air Force Squadron Leader P Craven
  • Royal Air Force Squadron Leader K W Brooke
  • Royal Air Force Acting Squadron Leader R Griffiths
  • Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant J Wainwright
  • Royal Air Force Warrant Officer A J Duckett
  • Royal Air Force Acting Master Aircrew D J Whittington
  • Royal Air Force Flight Sergeant M Ferguson
  • Royal Air Force Sergeant S M Blomquist
  • Royal Air Force Air Specialist Class 1 D Brown
  • Civil Service C Adams
  • Civil Service S J Wiltshire
  • Civil Service S Fitton
  • Civil Service A Fazal
  • Civil Service L Walker
  • Civil Service V Robbins
  • Civil Service K Bailey
  • Civil Service J Froom
  • Contractor D Royer
  • Contractor A Gray

Commander Strategic Command Commendation Team Awards

  • DSCOM SCORPIUS team
  • Target development and production team

Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)

  • Royal Navy Warrant Officer Class 1 D Lennon
  • Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer M Rodway
  • British Army Warrant Officer Class 1 P Bernthal
  • Royal Air Force Warrant Officer R Laycock
  • Royal Air Force Warrant Officer K N Phillips
  • Royal Air Force Warrant Officer S G Rowbotham
  • Royal Air Force Acting Warrant Officer K S Edwards

Vice Chief of Defence Staff (VCDS) Commendation

  • British Army Lieutenant Colonel S J Forrest

Vice Chief of Defence Staff (VCDS) Commendation Team Awards

  • J1 Branch, Headquarters British Forces Cyprus
  • J4 Branch, Headquarters British Forces Cyprus
  • Accommodation broadband team - A cross department virtual team coordinated by Defence Digital in Strategic Command but with members from across MOD and other Government departments

Chief of the General Staff (CGS) Commendation

  • British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel H W Raikes

Commander Field Army Commendation

  • British Army Captain S R Kerr
  • British Army Warrant Officer Class 2 C Crow

Air and Space Commander (ASC) Commendation

  • Royal Air Force Wing Commander D J Hankin
  • Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant G P Connolly

Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) Commendation

  • Royal Air Force Air Specialist Class 1 P Y Minta

Air Officer Commanding (AOC) 1 Group Commendation

  • Royal Navy Leading Hand R J Spriggs

Air Officer Commanding (AOC) 2 Group Commendation

  • Royal Air Force Sergeant M J Ramsdin

Air Officer Commanding (AOC) 22 Group Commendation

  • Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander A Boardman
  • Royal Air Force Wing Commander J P Bowes
  • Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant W J Enright

Director Support Commendation

  • Royal Air Force Acting Squadron Leader D W Earl

Updates to this page

Published 30 December 2023
Last updated 18 January 2024 + show all updates

  1. Accommodation Broadband team added to VCDS commendations

  2. J E Loftus has been added to the list of MBE recipients.

  3. First published.