Atotal of 49 members of the armed forces and 1 civilian have been named in the latest Operational Honours and Awards List…
The full list, which recognises and honours service on operations is below.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Air Commodore Martin Elliott SAMPSON, DSO, Royal Air Force
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Commander Stephen HIGHAM, Royal Navy
- Commander Mark Richard VARTAN, Royal Navy
- Colonel Angus Donald MACGILLIVRAY, MC
- Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) James Rowland MARTIN, DSO MC, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
- Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) Geoffrey Edward MINTON, MBE, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
- Squadron Leader Emily Elizabeth RICKARDS, Royal Air Force
Member of the Order of the British Empire
- Petty Officer Bethany Victoria Rauccio BURTON, Royal Navy
- Major George John Robertson LITTLE, Royal Marines
- Major Lloyd Benjamin PRITCHARD, Royal Marines
- Acting Major Thomas Joseph GOODALL, The Royal Logistic Corps
- Lieutenant Colonel David Osborne LEE, The Parachute Regiment
- Colour Sergeant William Richard THOMAS, The Parachute Regiment
Distinguished Service Order
- Wing Commander James Robert Edward WALLS, Royal Air Force
Military Cross
- Acting Lance Corporal (now Corporal) Nicholas JEZEPH, Royal Marines
Distinguished Flying Cross
- Flight Lieutenant (now Squadron Leader) Roger Alexander CRUICKSHANK, Royal Air Force
Queens Gallantry Medal
- Captain Giles Edward George MOON, The Royal Lancers
Mention in Despatches
- Captain (now Major) Daniel Thomas EATON, Royal Marines,
- Private Dominic Kyle HOPKINSON, The Parachute Regiment
- Colour Sergeant Steven David NIXON, The Parachute Regiment
- Flight Lieutenant Niall PAIRMAN, Royal Air Force
- Flight Lieutenant Alex Fraser VAUGHAN, Royal Air Force
Queen’s Commendation for Bravery
- Marine Mark Andrew Charles WHEELER, Royal Marines
- Corporal (now Sergeant) Paul Thomas BYRNE, The Parachute Regiment
- Private (now lance Corporal) Thomas Christopher CORRIGAN, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- Corporal Antony Luke COLLINS, Royal Air Force
- Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service
- Colour Sergeant (now Acting Warrant Officer 2) Philip BARLOW, Royal Marines
- Corporal Adam Paul CARTER, Royal Marines
- Major James DUTTON, Royal Marines
- Able Seaman (Seaman Specialist) Sarah Kirstie GRIFFITHS, Royal Navy
- Commander Richard HUTCHINGS, Royal Navy
- Leading Seaman (now Petty Officer) Craig Tyrone JACOBS, Royal Navy
- Corporal Edward Frank MAIN, Royal Marines
- Major James Edward Dallas MORRIS, Royal Marines
- Chief Petty Officer Peter Daniel MUIR, Royal Navy
- Acting Corporal (now Corporal) Jamie Christopher CALVERT, The Parachute Regiment
- Corporal Mahesh GURUNG, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
- Captain (now Major) Edward Louis Tabor HARRIS, Corps of Royal Engineers
- Colonel Robert Mackenzie HOWIESON,
- Major Edwin Peter OLDFILD, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
- Major Colin Malcolm OLIVER, MBE, The Rifles
- Sapper Philippa PROUD, Corps of Royal Engineers, Army Reserve
- Staff Sergeant Christopher Arthur RHODES, Royal Corps of Signals
- Acting Brigadier James Christopher RODDIS, DSO MBE
- Major David Joseph STEAD, Corps of Royal Engineers
- Acting Flight Lieutenant (now Flight Lieutenant) Alex Joseph Douglas BAMBER, Royal Air Force
- Flight Lieutenant George LE CORNU, Royal Air Force
- Flight Lieutenant (now Squadron Leader) Christopher Michael PEARSON, Royal Air Force
- Miss Lisa Michelle WAIN, Civil Servant

