2015 Special Honours

As part of the British honours system, the Special Honours are issued at the Queen's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer the award of the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order and the Order of St John. Life Peers are at times also awarded as special honours.

Life Peer

Victoria Cross (VC)

Ribbon bar of the Victoria Cross

George Cross (GC)

Ribbon bar of the George Cross

Order of the Companions of Honour

Order of the Companions of Honour ribbon

Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Honorary

Knight Bachelor

Knight's Bachelor ribbon

Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Ribbon bar of the Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

Honorary

Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

Order of St Michael and St George ribbon

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Honorary

Royal Victorian Order

Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Royal Victorian Order ribbon

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire (Military)
Ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire (Civil)

Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE / DBE)

Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Honorary

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Military Division
Honorary

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division
Honorary

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Military Division
Honorary

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Ribbon bar of the British Empire Medal (Civil)
Honorary

Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Ribbon bar of the Distinguished Service Order

Military Cross (MC)

Ribbon bar of the Military Cross

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Ribbon bar of the Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Ribbon bar of the Air Force Cross

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

Ribbon bar of the Queen's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service

Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)

Ribbon bar of the Queen's Gallantry Medal

Royal Red Cross

Ribbon bar of the Royal Red Cross
Associate Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

Mentioned in Despatches

Palm of the Mentioned in Despatches
  • Colour Sergeant Ruairi Dwyer, MBE, Royal Marines[32][34]
  • Sergeant Christopher Stephen Browne, 9th/12th Royal Lancers[32][34]
  • Lance Corporal James Lee Brynin, Intelligence Corps (killed in action)[32][34]
  • Lance Sergeant Glenn Clarke, Coldstream Guards[32][34]
  • Lance Corporal Luke Oliver Pratley Forshaw, Coldstream Guards[32][34]
  • Captain William Alan Fry, 9th/12th Royal Lancers[32][34]
  • Captain Alasdair John Grant, 9th/12th Royal Lancers[32][34]
  • Staff Sergeant Stuart Hollis, 9th/12th Royal Lancers[32][34]
  • Captain James Richard Howlin, Coldstream Guards[32][34]
  • Lance Corporal Jamie Mccappin, Royal Regiment of Artillery[32][34]
  • Captain Edward Gervase Colyer Monckton, 9th/12th Royal Lancers[32][34]
  • Corporal Jonathan William OLIVER, 9th/12th Royal Lancers[32][34]
  • Lieutenant (now Captain) Luke Joshua Wadman, Royal Regiment of Artillery[32][34]
  • Lance Corporal Lewis Stevenson, Royal Air Force[32][34]

Queen’s Commendation for Bravery

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Palm of the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service
  • Major Bruce William Drysdale Anderson, Royal Marines[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Commander Bradley Lawrence Watson, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Paul Donald White, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Staff Sergeant James Batten, Intelligence Corps[32][34]
  • Colonel Barry William Bennett, OBE, late Royal Regiment of Artillery[32][34]
  • Major Samuel George Cooke, The Royal Logistic Corps[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Weatherley Davies, Corps of Royal Engineers[32][34]
  • Acting Major Darren Paul Elsey, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment[32][34]
  • Corporal Ricky Vincent Fleet, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Army Reserve[32][34]
  • Major Jeremy Francis Giles, The Royal Regiment of Scotland[32][34]
  • Major Gordon Grieve, Royal Regiment of Artillery[32][34]
  • Staff Sergeant Robert Charles Horton, The Parachute Regiment[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Graham Johnson, Royal Army Medical Corps[32][34]
  • Lance Corporal Benjamin Johnson, Intelligence Corps[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Nigel Alan Johnson, The Royal Anglian Regiment[32][34]
  • Major Mark Stuart Jones, Corps of Royal Engineers[32][34]
  • Private Carl David Lester, The Royal Logistic Corps[32][34]
  • Colonel Nicholas John Lock, OBE, late The Royal Welsh[32][34]
  • Staff Sergeant Kate Elizabeth Lord, Royal Army Physical Training Corps[32][34]
  • Brigadier Neil Marshall, OBE, late Royal Regiment of Artillery[32][34]
  • Warrant Officer Class 2 Mark Mcdougall, MC, Corps of Royal Engineers[32][34]
  • Corporal Stuart Johnathan Mcintosh-Mckeown, Royal Army Medical Corps[32][34]
  • Major Alexander Robert Mckay, MBE, The Mercian Regiment[32][34]
  • Major James Fraser Stuart Mcleman, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards[32][34]
  • Acting Colonel John Robert Mead, OBE, Royal Regiment of Artillery[32][34]
  • Major Adam Svend Morris, Royal Army Medical Corps[32][34]
  • Sergeant Steven David Nixon, The Parachute Regiment[32][34]
  • Acting Captain Marcus Ian Pemberton, The Royal Regiment of Scotland[32][34]
  • Acting Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Robert Redding, MBE, The Parachute Regiment[32][34]
  • Lance Corporal Scott Robertson, The Royal Corps of Signals[32][34]
  • Warrant Officer Class 1 Nigel James Rogan, The Royal Corps of Signals[32][34]
  • Corporal Aaron Neil Ruffell, Intelligence Corps[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Bilal Muhammad Siddique, Adjutant General’s Corps (Army Legal Services Branch)[32][34]
  • Private Benjamin Charles Spittle, Royal Army Medical Corps Army Reserve[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Terence Stewart, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards[32][34]
  • Major Gary Tait, MBE, The Royal Regiment of Scotland[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Hayden John Geoffrey Taylor, Intelligence Corps[32][34]
  • Acting Major Derek Francis William Tickner, Royal Regiment of Artillery[32][34]
  • Colonel Thomas George Vallings, late The Yorkshire Regiment[32][34]
  • Captain Richard Simon Wood, The Parachute Regiment[32][34]
  • Corporal Michael Terence Wright, Intelligence Corps[32][34]
  • Air Commodore John Charles Besell, Royal Air Force[32][34]
  • Acting Flight Lieutenant Stephen Derek Burr, Royal Air Force[32][34]
  • Wing Commander Piers Timothy Westcott Holland, MBE, Royal Air Force[32][34]
  • Flight Sergeant Richard Webster Selina, Royal Air Force[32][34]
  • C2 Jamie Darling, Contractor[32][34]
  • Major Paul James Stewart, Army Air Corps[32][34]
  • Captain Robert James Astley Bellfield, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Warrant Officer 2 Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering) Kris Leslie Chard, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Commander Edwin Sigurd Cooper, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Able Seaman (Communications SM) 1 Matthew William Harriss, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Sergeant Dean Jones, Royal Marines[32][34]
  • Chief Petty Officer Logistics (Supply Chain) Kenneth Murray Kennedy, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Commander Matthew John Kent, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Chief Petty Officer Warfare Specialist (Abovewater Warfare Tactical) Darren Lennon, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Commander Charles Ian Maynard, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Aleesha Wendy Mitchell, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Lieutenant David Samuel Starkey, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Graeme Hamish Walker, Royal Navy[32][34]
  • Major Kevin Finlay Walls, Royal Marines[32][34]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Holland Goddard Campbell-Colquhoun, Corps of Royal Engineers[32][34]
  • Corporal Lisa Michelle Dawson, The Royal Corps of Signals[32][34]
  • Major Jonathan Lee Gilbody, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment[32][34]
  • Corporal Karl Dominic Page, The Royal Corps of Signals Army Reserve[32][34]
  • Colonel Stuart Rokeby Roberts, Late The Royal Logistic Corps[32][34]
  • Sergeant Kevin Carver, Royal Air Force[32][34]
  • Warrant Officer Mark Evans, Royal Air Force[32][34]
  • Flight Sergeant Samantha Jane Green, Royal Air Force[32][34]
  • Squadron Leader Paul Thomas Hamilton, MBE, Royal Air Force[32][34]

Order of St John

Order of St John ribbon

Knight of the Order of St John

Dame of the Order of St John

Commander of the Order of St John

  • Brigadier David Ainsworth Harrison, JP, DL – 16 February 2015[41]
  • Terence Edward Walton, BEM – 16 February 2015[41]
  • Kim Lorraine Yeats – 16 February 2015[41]
  • Edmund Seymour Bailey – 16 March 2015[42]
  • John Connelly Dewar – 16 March 2015[42]
  • Captain Stuart Crawford Macbride – 16 March 2015[42]
  • Lesley Marian Macdonald – 16 March 2015[42]
  • John Raymond Brownsell – 26 March 2015[44]
  • Duncan Ian Callaghan – 26 March 2015[44]
  • Janet Margaret Baker – 26 March 2015[44]
  • The Reverend Philip John Carrington, MBE – 21 May 2015[45]
  • Christopher Murdock – 21 May 2015[45]
  • Jean Elizabeth Smith – 21 May 2015[45]
  • Elizabeth Mary Witt – 21 May 2015[45]
  • Darren James Bartholomew[47]
  • Ian Angus Campbell[47]
  • Patrick Joseph Halpin[47]
  • Gavin Melvin Jensen[47]
  • Dato’ Ng Keng Joo[47]
  • Alexander Graham Randall[47]
  • Eric Clive Wolhuter[47]
  • Dudleigh Eve Anderson[47]
  • Audrey Patricia McLennan[47]

Officer of the Order of St John

  • Dean Peter de la Mare[47]
  • Jonathan Nicolas Dexter[47]
  • Roderick Gray[47]
  • Graham Wilfred Benjamin Green[47]
  • Alan Hartley, MBE[47]
  • Allan-Bryan Hattingh[47]
  • John William Hougham, CBE[47]
  • Robin James Varwell Marlow[47]
  • Anthony James McGuirk, CBE QFSM[47]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Richard McQueen[47]
  • James Patrick Morgan[47]
  • Trevor Charles Moss[47]
  • Bruce George Ronald MURRAY, 12th Duke of Atholl – 2 December 2015[47]
  • Alan James Popplewell[47]
  • Thomas Sefton, MBE[47]
  • Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Bin Mohamad Nor[47]
  • Tan Beng Lee[47]
  • Dato’ Sri Tee Boon Kee[47]
  • Wayne Tritton[47]
  • James Anthony Warlow[47]
  • Carl David Wheeler[47]
  • Clare Lorraine Crook[47]
  • Shirley Anne Day[47]
  • Veronica Novel Desilva[47]
  • Miss Moira DE Swardt[47]
  • Sally Elliott[47]
  • Kathryn Lawman[47]
  • Jane Marlow[47]
  • Christine Brenda McIntyre[47]
  • Elaine Kitty Smith[47]
  • Ms Hendrika Petronella Marjan van der Slik[47]
  • Julie Dawn Warlow[47]
  • Pamela Mary Wood[47]

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