Operational Honours awarded for service at home and overseas

by Proud Friday, May. 02, 2003 at 9:36 AM

Honours were awarded on 29 April 2003 to British Service personnel for gallantry and distinguished service in a wide range of operations performed around the world during the period April 2002 to September 2002, including operations in Afghanistan.

Brigadier Roger Lane is awarded the CBE for his outstanding command of the Task Force comprising soldiers, Royal Marines and airmen on Operation Jacana in Afghanistan. The force was required to operate in an area of extreme physical conditions and the demands placed upon him were unequalled. He led his formation with utmost integrity and skill displaying great moral courage and fortitude.

Wing Commander Sean Reynolds is awarded the OBE for his role in commanding the Joint Helicopter Command Group which supported 3 Commando Brigade on Operation Jacana. His leadership and airmanship were outstanding and he consistently provided air support in the harshest of conditions.

Marine Liam Armstrong is the most junior rank to be awarded the Military Cross. As a Heavy Machine Gunner in 45 Commando, he was involved in an incident in Afghanistan that exposed a 45-ton cache of weapons and explosives. He showed exemplary bravery in disarming nine armed men and initiative well beyond that expected for his rank and service.

Staff Sergeant Mark Doyle is awarded the George Medal for his conspicuous bravery over a thirty-hour period in which he handled explosives from the site of an explosives incident at Royal Ordnance Factory Bridgewater in July 2002, thereby preventing loss of life and considerable collateral damage. Captain Neil Joynes was also recognised for his bravery in this incident by the award of the Queen's Gallantry Medal.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Brigadier Paul Raymond NEWTON
Late The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Colonel Douglas Samuel Clarke GAMBLE
Late Royal Army Medical Corps

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Major Adam James EASON
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Major Allan Evan EVANS
Intelligence Corps

Warrant Officer Class 2 Kevin Francis RYAN QGM BEM
The Parachute Regiment

Warrant Officer Class 2 John Derek TALBOT
Intelligence Corps

Warrant Officer Class 2 David Graeme WATSON
Royal Corps of Signals

George Medal

Major Mark John DAVIS
The Royal Logistic Corps

Queen's Gallantry Medal

Warrant Officer Class 2 Simon Andrew ROLLS
The Royal Logistic Corps

Mention In Dispatches

Warrant Officer Class 2 Noel Christopher AGNEW
The Royal Irish Regiment

Private Jason Mark CROWIE
The Royal Logistic Corps

Sergeant Robert SUTHERLEY
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Private Alan WOODSIDE
The Royal Irish Regiment

Queen's Commendation for Bravery

Sergeant Alan Peter DRAKE
Royal Marines

Warrant Officer Class 2 Ian Gregory ROBINSON
Royal Marines

Corporal Karl Johnathan CHAPPELLE
The Cheshire Regiment

Staff Sergeant Evan DAVIES
The Royal Logistic Corps

Colour Sergeant Robert JOHNSON
The Parachute Regiment

Corporal Neil MARSHMAN
The Royal Welch Fusiliers

Sergeant Richard Antony OPENSHAW
Royal Air Force

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Corporal Colin Andrew LEES
Royal Marines

The Reverend Ian James WHEATLEY
Royal Navy

Major Ralph Graham ARUNDELL
The Light Infantry

Major John Henry BOWRON
The Light Infantry

Warrant Officer Class 2 Debra Jane BRAITHWAITE
Intelligence Corps

Major James Charles CONVERY
The Royal Logistic Corps

Major Jonathan Edward CUNNINGHAM
The Green Howards

Colour Sergeant Matthew GOODCHILD
Grenadier Guards

Staff Sergeant Michael Lloyd HILL
Intelligence Corps

Colonel David St John HOMER MBE
Late The Royal Green Jackets

Major Christopher Peter KEMP
The Parachute Regiment

Major Robert Scott LAWTHER MBE
The Royal Irish Regiment

Captain Shirley Anne LYLE
The Royal Logistic Corps

Warrant Officer Class 2 Norman Laing McGREGOR
The King's Own Scottish Borderers

Major Iain Paul METCALF
The King's Regiment

Corporal Stanley Ronald MUNDAY
The Royal Logistic Corps

Colonel Matthew Philip James O'HANLON
Late The Royal Irish Regiment

The Reverend Anthony Brendan PARIS
Royal Army Chaplains' Department

Colour Sergeant Richard Elwin SMITH
The Parachute Regiment

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Forrest McKinlay TELFER MBE
The Royal Scots

Captain Dominic Charles Rupert TROULAN QGM
The Parachute Regiment

Warrant Officer Class 2 John Victor Frederick VOSS
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Raymond PEAD
Royal Air Force

FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Warrant Officer Class 2 William DUFF
The Royal Logistic Corps Territorial Army

Major Louis Munro SCOTT
The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment

Queen's Commendation for Bravery

Lance Corporal Gary Phillip KENDALL
The Royal Logistic Corps

Chief Technician Alan Rhead BARLOW
Royal Air Force

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Major Owen James ADAMS
Royal Regiment of Artillery

Warrant Officer Class 1 David Richard Holmes BUGLASS
The Royal Logistic Corps

Lieutenant Colonel Richard Roderick DAVIS MBE
Corps of Royal Engineers

Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Donovan Spike INCE MBE
Corps of Royal Engineers

Colonel Phillip Jeffery KING OBE
Late The Royal Irish Regiment

Major George Alexander John MACINTOSH
Welsh Guards

Brigadier Simon Vincent MAYALL
Late The Queen's Dragoon Guards

Warrant Officer Class 2 Dale Edward NORMAN
The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment

Captain Hervey John SCOTT
Royal Corps of Signals

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Harry TALBOT RICE
Welsh Guards

AFGHANISTAN

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Brigadier Roger Guy Tyson LANE OBE
Royal Marines

Colonel Richard Lawson BARRONS OBE
Late Royal Regiment of Artillery

Colonel Nicholas Patrick CARTER OBE
Late The Royal Green Jackets

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Colonel Simon Timothy CHICKEN MBE
Royal Marines

Wing Commander Sean Keith Paul REYNOLDS DFC
Royal Air Force

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Major Simon John Ravenscroft BROWNE
The Royal Anglian Regiment

Staff Sergeant Stephen John CLEWLEY
Corps of Royal Engineers

Staff Sergeant Charles Martin LEWIS
The Royal Logistic Corps

Military Cross

Marine Liam Peter ARMSTRONG
Royal Marines

Associate Royal Red Cross

Major Janet Mary PILGRIM
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

Mention In Dispatches

Marine Alan CAMERON
Royal Marines

Sergeant Kevin Graham McHENRY
The Royal Anglian Regiment

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Major Robin James Woolcott BUCKNALL
Royal Marines

Corporal David Adrian MORRIS
Royal Marines

Sergeant Paul RYAN
Royal Marines

Captain Gareth James ARNOLD
Corps of Royal Engineers

Corporal Ceri Anne BROWN
Royal Army Medical Corps

Lieutenant Colonel Philip David JONES MBE
The Royal Anglian Regiment

Sapper Bruce Scott LAIDLAW
Corps of Royal Engineers

Colonel Ian Anthony OGDEN
Late Corps of Royal Engineers

Squadron Leader Stephen Alec BENTLEY
Royal Air Force

Sergeant Richard John BOYLE
Royal Air Force

SIERRA LEONE

Associate Royal Red Cross

Major Maureen Lynn HOLMAN
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Major Henry Ramsay Duncan John JOYNSON
The King's Royal Hussars

Lieutenant Colonel Simon Charles NEWTON MBE
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

THE GULF

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Squadron Leader Barry Edward DALE
Royal Air Force

THE CONGO

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander James Sanson STORRIE OBE
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment

NON-OPERATIONAL AWARDS

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant Commander Ian Stuart GROOM
Royal Navy

George Medal

Staff Sergeant Mark Anthony DOYLE
The Royal Logistic Corps

Queen's Gallantry Medal

Chief Petty Officer (Diver) Andrew Johnston CARRS
Royal Navy

Leading Hand Deck John Anthony FLAXMAN
Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanic (Electrical) Robert Logan HUNTER
Royal Navy

Chief Petty Officer Marine Engineering Artificer Christopher James Alexander MULLAN
Royal Navy

Captain Neil Graham JOYNES
The Royal Logistic Corps

Queen's Commendation for Bravery

Petty Officer Marine Engineering Artificer Darren Philip BENNION
Royal Navy

Operator Mechanic (Above Water Warfare)1 James Clement BOWEN
Royal Navy

Operator Mechanic (Above Water Warfare)1 Alexander Stelios MICHOU
Royal Navy

Corporal Andrew Mark BENNETT
Royal Air Force