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Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service recipients

Updated 3 September 2024

Recipients of the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service

Year of award Recipients name Title Reason for award
2024 Mark Bobby Mr For services to training and education
2024 Ben Owen Bramwell Mr For services to support, safety and rescue
2024 Steven Mark Jones Mr For services to safety, welfare and training
2024 Richard Gascoyne Kirkby Captain For services to support, welfare and rescue
2024 Nicholas Lee Captain For services to safety, training and education
2024 Jeremy Kirwan Mooney Captain For services to innovation, training and education
2024 Louise Sara Captain For services to welfare, safety, diversity and inclusion
2024 Trystan Tanner Mr For services to support, welfare and rescue
2024 Ashley Oliver West Mr For services to support, welfare and rescue
2023 Alan Stephen Bury Dr For services to supporting mental health in seafarers
2023 Philip Cave Captain For services to sea cadets and maritime safety
2023 Allan Dickson Mr For services to the promotion of STEM learning
2023 Martin Andrew Etwell Mr For services to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
2023 John Lloyd Captain For services to maritime education
2023 Donnacha O’Driscoll Mr For services to supporting the cruise sector throughout the pandemic
2023 William John Pearn Captain For services to maritime safety and pilotage
2023 Ewan Rattray Captain For services to maritime safety and pilotage
2023 Raymond Strachan Mr For services to rescue at sea
2023 Kathleen Womersley Ms For services to education, diversity, and training
2023 Charles Cecil Woodward Captain For services to the Merchant Navy Association
2022 Ann Pletschke Captain For services to diversity, inclusion and wellbeing in the maritime sector
2022 David Warden-Owen Captain For services to maritime charities
2022 Andrew Shearer Captain For services to supporting Sea Cadets
2022 Paul James Scotter Mr For services to safety in the fishing industry
2022 Peter Scott Roberts Captain For devotion to duty, services to training and contribution to charity.
2022 Mark Ranson Mr For services to workboat safety standards and training
2022 Iain Macneil DUNIV MNI AFRIN Captain For services to maritime safety and technical publications
2022 Les Hesketh CMMAR FNI Captain For services to maritime education and training
2022 Stephen G Gudgeon HCMM Captain For services to seafarer welfare
2022 Robert J Greenwood MNI Mr For services to safety in the fishing industry
2022 Heather Enness Captain For services to promotion of diversity and wellbeing within the maritime sector
2022 Daniel J Cross Captain For services to the preservation of a maritime history and towage sector
2022 Andrew K Cassels Captain For services to the Merchant Navy Welfare Board
2022 David Barnicoat Captain For services to raising awareness of the maritime sector and supporting sefarer welfare in Falmouth
2021 Phillip Belcher Dr For services to seafarer welfare during the Covid-19 pandemic
2021 Susan Emma Cloggie – Holden Captain For services to maritime diversity and inclusion
2021 Brian Cushing Captain For services to the maritime voluntary sector and mentoring
2021 John L. David FNI SCR Captain For services to the Merchant Navy, maritime careers and education
2021 Gordon Foot MA MSc FNI FIMarEST FCMI FILM FIIRSM Mr For services to maritime career promotion
2021 Roy Leslie Glencross Mr For services to the Merchant Navy and maritime charities
2021 Stephen M. Gobbi JP  FNI  FIMarEST Captain For services to the maritime sector and charities
2021 Bryan Jennings Captain For services to the maritime Industry including during the Covid-19 pandemic
2021 Ian Kelly Mr For services to fishing safety
2021 Simon Jeremy (Jebb) Kitchen Mr For services to the maritime sector
2021 Vishal Kumar Captain For services to seafarer welfare during the Covid-19 pandemic
2021 Paul Owen Mr For services to equality and maritime diversity
2021 Christopher Scothern Chief Mate For services to the Merchant Navy and maritime sector
2021 Eric Smith Captain For services to maritime safety and education
2021 Susan Thomson Captain For services to women in maritime and diversity
2021 Claire Womersley Ms For services to women in maritime and diversity
2020 Neil Atkinson Captain For services to maritime education
2020 Maximillian (Max) Alan Bingle Mr For services to maritime safety
2020 Colin Brown Captain For services to the Merchant Navy and maritime careers
2020 Frankie Horne Mr For services to fishing safety
2020 Trevor Jones Mr For services to fishing safety
2020 Derrick Kemp Captain For services to maritime careers and training
2020 Fazilette Khan Ms For services to the marine environment
2020 Christopher Locke Captain For services to ports and seafarer welfare
2020 Malcolm Mathison, FEI, MNI Captain For services to the Merchant Navy
2020 Anthony D Muncer RD RNR Lt Cdr For services to the Merchant Navy and maritime charities
2020 Helene Peter-Davies Mrs For services to women in maritime
2020 Guy Platten Mr For services to the maritime sector
2020 Joanne Rawley Ms For services to seafarer wellbeing and mental health
2020 Martin Shaw Mr For services to maritime safety
2020 Nicholas Spencer Captain For services to the Merchant Navy
2020 Kenneth John Usher Mr For services to the maritime unions
2020 Kevin Vallance Captain For services to maritime safety
2020 Alan Wall Dr For services to maritime education and safety
2020 Jonathan Warren Captain For services to maritime education
2020 Stephen Watkins Mr For services to maritime apprenticeships
2019 John William Bennett Captain For services to the welfare and safety of seafarers
2019 Ian Chapman Captain For services to the careers of young seafarers and a maritme charity
2019 Fran Collins Captain For services to the marine passenger sector
2019 Michael Davies Mr For services to the maritime industry
2019 Philip Dick Chief Engineer Officer For services to the maritime industry
2019 Rachel Dunn Captain For services to the careers of young seafarers
2019 Matthew Easton Captain For services to the maritime industry and the careers of young seafarers
2019 Nigel Hope Captain For services to a maritime charity
2019 John Howard Mr For services to the jack-up barge sector
2019 Adrian McCourt Captain For services to maritime safety
2019 Angus McDonald Captain For services to the safety of seafarers and to the maritime industry
2019 John Mark Meade Captain For services to the Workboat sector
2019 Sunil Kumar Menon Captain For services to maritime safety
2019 Andrew Parker Mr For services to the maritime industry and a maritime charity
2019 Alain Reynier Mr For services to the careers of young seafarers and seafarer welfare
2019 Kevin Slade Captain For services to seafarer training and a maritime charity
2019 David Smith Commodore For services to maritime training and the careers of young seafarers
2019 Jessica Tyson Captain For services to the careers of young seafarers and women in maritime
2019 David Wheal Captain For services to maritime safety
2019 Michael Willis Mr For services to seafarer employment, training and the careers of young seafarers
2018 Belinda Bennett Captain For services to the promotion of the maritime sector
2018 Derek Cardno Mr For services to the welfare of fishermen
2018 David Carter Lieutenant Commander For services to the careers of young seafarers and seafarer welfare
2018 Stephen Chamberlain Mr For an act of bravery in saving a life
2018 Timothy Charlesworth Captain For services to UK ports and the maritime industry
2018 Mark Dickinson Mr For services to seafarer employment, training and welfare
2018 Antonio Gatti Captain For services to UK research expeditions
2018 John Halsall Mr For services to the careers of young seafarers
2018 Nigel Jardine Captain For services to UK ports and the maritime industry including the small port sector
2018 Robin Lock Captain For services to a maritime charity
2018 George Lonie Mr For services to the careers of young seafarers and seafarer welfare
2018 Michael Morley Mr For services to a maritime charity
2018 Nicholas Nash Captain For services to maritime training
2018 John Rankin Captain For services to the Merchant Navy
2018 Michael Reeves Captain For services to the careers of young seafarers and seafarer welfare
2018 Andrew Schofield Captain For services to the large yacht industry
2018 Ian Shields Captain For services to a maritime charity
2018 Keith Thompson Mr For services to a maritime charity
2018 Thomas Woolley Captain For services to harbour towage and safety standards
2017 Andrew Armstrong Mr For services to seafarer training
2017 Anthony Cash Mr For services to seafarer welfare and the Merchant Navy Association
2017 Stephen Clinch Captain For services to the safety of ships and seafarers
2017 Geoffrey Cowap Captain For services to the careers of young seafarers
2017 Patrick Dolby Mr For services to international ship safety standards and seafarer welfare
2017 Allan Graveson Mr For services to seafarer training, welfare and safety
2017 Mark Holden Captain For services to the offshore maritime industry
2017 John Hughes Captain For services to environmental protection at sea
2017 Francis Kelly Mr For services to apprenticeships for ratings
2017 Charles Kelso Captain For services to the shipping industry and sea cadets
2017 Mark Kemmis Betty Lieutenant commander For services to the Merchant Navy and seafarer welfare
2017 Andrew O’Brian Captain For services to maritime careers and charity
2017 Francis O’Neill Mr For services to marine engineering
2017 Ian Spreadborough Mr For services to seafarer training and careers
2017 Stephen Todd Mr For services to seafarer employment, training and welfare
2017 Jamie Wilson Captain For services to the rescue of refugees in peril
2016 RH Barker Captain For services to the Merchant Navy
2016 LAJ Dalrymple Mr For services to the welfare of seafarers
2016 S Harrison Captain For services to the shipping and ports industries
2016 NJ Jeffery Captain For services to the promotion of Merchant Navy careers
2016 GT Jones Mr For services to the Merchant Navy and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
2016 RJ Jones Mr For services to the welfare of seafarers
2016 PJ McArthur Captain For services to the Merchant Navy
2016 DS McCallum Captain For services to the Merchant Navy
2016 N McIntyre Captain For services in the rescue of refugees
2016 MF Morgan Mr For services to the Merchant Navy and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
2016 PD Peters Captain For services to the welfare of seafarers
2016 P Rentell Captain For services to the Merchant Navy
2016 R Towner Captain For services to seafarer certification and training
2016 W Tripp Captain For services in the rescue of refugees