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.


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