{"article":{"id":55292,"heading":"Operational Honours awarded for service at home and overseas","author":"Proud","created":"2003-05-02 16:36:12","modified":"2003-05-03 03:34:02","last_modified":"Sat, 03 May 2003 10:34:02","article":"

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

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