Armed Forces: Operational Service Honours
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CBE
Brigadier Douglas Vernon Erskine Crum OBE (Late Scots Guards); Col (now Acting Brigadier) Michael George Roland Hodson OBE (Late Royal Corps of Transport).
OBE
Lt-Col Reginald Harvey Bicker MBE (The Royal Irish Regiment); Lt-Col Diana Frances Davies MBE (Adjutant General's Corps) (SPS); Lt-Col David Herbert Keenan (The Royal Irish Regiment); Lt-Col John Anderson Kirkwood (The King's Own Scottish Borderers); Lt-Col Christopher Roland Langton (Irish Guards); Lt-Col John Chalmers McColl (The Royal Anglian Regiment); Lt-Col Alexander Malcolm Mason MBE (Royal Marines); Lt- Col Hugh Maurice Purcell (The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment); Lt-Col Reginald Alan Swindley MBE (The Royal Logistics Corps); Lt-Col Charles Edward Thom (The Green Howards).
MBE
Major Oliver Patrick Bartrum (Grenadier Guards); Major Stephen John Baston (Intelligence Corps); Staff Sgt Michael Campbell (The Parachute Regiment); Major Russell Stewart Combe (The King's Own Scottish Borderers); WO Class 2 David Cotterill (The Royal Logistic Corps); Major Alan Flavell (The Parachute Regiment); Major Simon David Holborow (Coldstream Guards); WO Class 2 Stephen Joseph Jones (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) (now retired); Major Richard Justin Kemp (The Royal Anglian Regiment); Flt Lt (now Sqn Ldr) Jeffrey John Longmuir (Royal Air Force); WO Class 2 Anthony James Mullen (Royal Corps of Signals); Major James Lyon Murray- Playfair (The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers); Cpl Malcolm Gerald Newby (The Royal Logistic Corps); Major Matthew Scott Perkin (The King's Own Royal Border Regiment); Major James Ian Stuart Plastow (The Royal Green Jackets); Capt Timothy Buchan Radford (The Light Infantry); Major Paul Richard Saddleton (The Royal Logistical Corps); Major Patrick Charles Tomlinson (The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment); Staff Sgt Albert Thomas Toner (Royal Corps of Signals) (now retired); Major Timothy Paul Watton, (Adjutant General Corps) (RMP); Major Stephen Edward Woodburn (The King's Own Royal Border Regiment) (now retired); WO Class 2 Stephen Young (Royal Corps of Signals).
QUEEN'S GALLANTRY MEDAL
WO Class 2 John Lybert BEM (Intelligence Corps); Major Andrew Robert Wallace (The Royal Logistic Corps).
DFC
Staff Sgt (now WO Class 2) Shaun Anthony Wyatt (Royal Regiment of Artillery).
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
Major Richard Hugh Walter St George Bodington (Welsh Guards); Major Anthony Julian Alistair Brown-Hovelt (Royal Regiment of Artillery ) (now retired); Major Willem Henk Buckley (The Parachute Regiment); Sgt Stuart Pierre Cahill (Army Air Corps); Capt Stuart William Carver (The Royal Anglian Regiment); Sgt Dean Barry Coupland (The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment); Cpl Mark Egerton Downard (The Royal Green Jackets); Major Paul Abby Whinfrey Edwards (Army Air Corps); Fusilier Phillip Gardner (The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers); Lt Mark Alan Hughes (The Royal Green Jackets); Staff Sgt Melvin John Jones (The Royal Welch Fusiliers); Pte Anthony Moore (Queen's Own Highlanders); Lance Bdr (now Bdr) Lee Antony Moore (Royal Regiment of Artillery); Lt Paul William Muspratt (The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment); Lt Michael Rutherford Newbould (Welsh Guards); Major Clive Anthony Newell (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment); Flt Lt Paul Grant Newman (Royal Air Force); Sgt Terence Robert Pearson (Queen's Own Highlanders); Major Simon Leslie Porter (The Royal Anglian Regiment); L/Cpl Geoffrey Smith (Army Air Corps); Air Trooper Stephen John Vickers (Army Air Corps); Bdr Simon Carl Vincent (Royal Regiment of Artillery); Major Alan Crawford Brewster Whitelaw (The Royal Highland Fusiliers).
COMMENDED FOR BRAVE CONDUCT
Cpl John Bennett (The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers); Sgt Ian Haigs (Intelligence Corps); Staff Sgt Keith Michael Otter (Corps of Royal Engineers); Cpl Paul Plowman (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment); Capt Harry Charles McGregor Shapland (Irish Guards) (since deceased); Sgt Robert Michael Taylor (The Parachute Regiment); Capt Michael William Watson (The Royal Green Jackets) (now retired); Fusilier Justin Paul Weaver (The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers); Capt Jonathan Charles Westbrooke (The King's Own Royal Border Regiment).
COMMENDED FOR VALUABLE SERVICE
Sgt Dennis Bowman (Intelligence Corps); Major Robin Calder BEM (Adjutant General's Corps) (RMP); Cpl Paul Edwards (The Royal Welch Fusiliers); Cpl Douglas Arthur Edward Guildford (Corps of Royal Engineers); Major Richard James Scott Hermon (Royal Regiment of Artillery); WO Class 1 John Peter Jacobs BEM (Intelligence Corps); WO Class 2 David Stirling Johnson (The Parachute Regiment); Lt-Col Janis Kazocins OBE (Royal Regiment of Artillery); Major William John Kintrea (Queen's Own Highlanders); Lt-Col (now Acting Col) Graeme Cameron Maxwell Lamb MBE (Queen's Own Highlanders); Lt (Now Acting Capt) Richard Frederick Lander Lyne (The Royal Anglian Regiment); WO Class 2 Allan Burton McIntyre (The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment); Lt-Cdr Colin John Martin (Royal Navy); Gp Capt (now Air Commodore) David Miller Niven (Royal Air Force); Cpl David John Palmer (Corps of Royal Engineers); Lt Colin Seamus Holmes Parry (Royal Regiment of Artillery) (now retired); Col Stephen William John Saunders (Late The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment); Capt Nicholas James Sealy-Thompson (Corps of Royal Engineers); Capt (now Major) Michael Raymond Snook (The Royal Regiment of Wales); Sgt Robin Leslie Walpole (Royal Marines); Cpt Andrew Paul Williams (The Gloucestershire Regiment); Col John Caledfryn Wynne Williams MC (Late The Royal Welch Fusiliers); Staff Sgt Garry Wilson (Adjutant General's Corps) (RMP).
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CBE
Brigadier Guy de Vere Wingfield Hayes (Late The Royal Green Jackets).
OBE
Lt-Col Robert James Morrison (The Royal Logistic Corps); Lt-Col Michael James Von Bertele (Royal Army Medical Corps).
MBE
Sgt Roy Anderson (Corps of Royal Engineers); Cpl Henry McComisky Clark (Corps of Royal Engineers); Major David Austin Hill (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire); Capt Dale Arthur Cunliffe Ibbotson (The Light Dragoons); Lt-Cdr David Anthony Lord (Royal Navy); Major Patrick Temple Roberts (The Light Dragoons); Capt Milosh Radomir Vladimir Stankovic (The Parachute Regiment).
QUEEN'S GALLANTRY MEDAL
Capt Mark William Bower (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire); Sgt Ian Roderick Thornton (The Green Howards); Capt Lee Kemp Whitworth (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire) (now retired).
DSO
Lt-Col (now Acting Col) Alastair David Arton Duncan (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of
Yorkshire).
MC
Major Graham John Binns MBE (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire); Cpl Paul Steven Dobson (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire).
AFC
Capt Andrew Iceton (Army Air Corps).
ARRC (Second Class)
Cpl (now Sgt) Geoffrey McIntosh (Royal Air Force); Lt Ashley Raymond Williams (Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps).
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
Staff Sgt Kevin John Burton (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire); L/Cpl (now Cpl) David Iain Gillett (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire); Capt Angus Graham Paterson Hay (The Gordon Highlanders); Lt Colin Ronald Sinclair Hay (Queen's Own Highlanders); Lt Richard Lockwood (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire); 2nd Lt Gary Payne (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire); Cpl Jeffrey Bryan Winder (Corps of Royal Engineers).
COMMENDED FOR BRAVE CONDUCT
Cpl Allan Derrik Donlon (The Gordon Highlanders); Lt Jason Conrad Medley (Adjutant General's Corps) (SPS).
COMMENDED FOR VALUABLE SERVICE
IN THE AIR
Lt Neil James Thompson (Royal Navy).
COMMENDED FOR VALUABLE SERVICE
Capt Julian Harvey James Amos (Royal Marines); 2nd Lt (now Lt) Matthew Bray (Royal Marines); Flt Lt Nicholas Bray (Royal Air Force Regiment); Major Colin Brundle (Royal Regiment of Artillery); Marine James Coulter (Royal Marines); Major Geoffrey Charles William Dodds (Corps of Engineers); Capt Keith Ian McCambridge (Corps of Royal Engineers); Brigadier Robin Vincent Searby (Late 9th/12th Royal Lancers).
Cambodia
OBE
Lt-Col Noel Francis Mulliner (Corps of Royal
Engineers).
MBE
Major Allan Duncan (Royal Corps of Signals); Capt Ian Alistair Gordon (The Royal Logistic Corps); Lt (Acting Capt) Stephen John Lake (Corps of Royal Engineers).
MC
Major Mark Royston Walton (Royal Regiment of Artillery); Lt (Acting Capt) Richard John Washington Williams (Welsh Guards).
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
Capt Neil Andrew Wilson (Royal Regiment of Artillery).
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