New Year Honours for service personnel 2015
This year 125 UK service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in the annual New Year Honours List. 31 civilians have also been honoured either for work in the Ministry of Defence or in other aspects of UK Defence. The 156 defence personnel named in the New Year Honours List for 2015 are listed below.
Appointments to the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
As Knight Commander
Lieutenant General Christopher Michael DEVERELL MBE, late Royal Tank Regiment
As Companions
Major General Michael David CONWAY, late Adjutant General’s Corps (Army Legal Services Branch)
Major General John CRACKETT TD, late Royal Corps of Signals Army Reserve
Major General Richard Roderick DAVIS CBE, late Corps of Royal Engineers
Promotions in and Appointments to the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
As Knight Commander
Lieutenant General Gerald William BERRAGAN CB, late Royal Regiment of Artillery
As Commanders
Major General Benjamin John BATHURST OBE, late Welsh Guards
Brigadier William James Frank BRAMBLE OBE, late Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major General Alastair Scott DICKINSON, late Corps of Royal Engineers
Colonel James Jefferson LEARMONT, late Royal Regiment of Artillery
Brigadier Timothy Patrick ROBINSON OBE, late The 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Colonel Mark John THORNHILL, late Royal Regiment of Artillery
As Officers
Lieutenant Colonel Timothy John Simon ALLEN, Royal Corps of Signals
Lieutenant Colonel Robin BAKER, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Colonel Christopher Brendan Kevin BARRY, late The Royal Welsh
Lieutenant Colonel Karen GRAHAM, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Martin HART, The Royal Irish Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Keith Mark HUGHES, The Royal Logistic Corps
Colonel Andrew David MOFFAT, late The Royal Logistic Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Dominic Charles MORGAN, The Royal Logistic Corps
Colonel Duncan Anthony Francis Harlidge PARKHOUSE QHP, late Royal Army Medical Corps
Colonel Simon Patrick PLUMMER MBE, late The Rifles
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Richard TRINICK, Royal Army Medical Corps Army Reserve
As Members
Acting Colonel Markham Patrick BRYANT, Army Cadet Force
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Thomas BURKE, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel David Stewart CLOUSTON, The Royal Logistic Corps
Major Christopher Colin ELWORTHY, Corps of Royal Engineers
Captain Timothy Mathew FLEMING, The Parachute Regiment Army Reserve
Major James Richard Hamilton GAYNER, The Rifles
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan James GREAVES, Corps of Royal Engineers
Major Alec Ewart HARVEY, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Acting Major Darren David HEMBERY, Corps of Royal Engineers
Warrant Officer Class 2 Mark Adrian HILL, The Yorkshire Regiment Army Reserve
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Matthew David INGHAM, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Warrant Officer Class 1 Andrew Mark JAMES, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Andrew George JOHNSON, Royal Corps of Signals
Warrant Officer Class 2 Benn LAIDLER, Army Air Corps
Major Brian David LAMONT, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Major Andrew Mark LEWIS, Royal Army Medical Corps
Major Gerard LONG, The Princess of Walesís Royal Regiment Army Reserve
Colonel James Owen McCay LYTTLE TD, The Royal Irish Regiment Army Reserve
Major Norman MACKINNON, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Graham Alexander MARTIN, Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch)
Major Guy John Nathaniel MASON, The Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class 2 John McCLELLAND, Intelligence Corps Army Reserve
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Victoria Ellen McNEILL, Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)
Major Douglas Charles MUIRHEAD, The Parachute Regiment
Warrant Officer Class 2 Louise Victoria O’CONNELL, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Alan Francis O’FLANAGAN, Army Cadet Force
Major Colin Malcolm OLIVER, The Rifles
Lieutenant Colonel Melvin PEARS, Irish Guards
Major Karen PEEK, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Mark PEEK, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Captain Euan Gordon PHILBIN, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Acting Colonel Trevor Ernest RICHMOND, Army Cadet Force
Major David ROOK, Royal Corps of Signals
Captain William ROY, The Royal Irish Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Ian SIMPSON, Royal Army Medical Corps Army Reserve
Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Paul Benjamin SIMPSON, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Major William STABLES, The Royal Logistic Corps
Captain Steven Andrew STEWART, The Royal Dragoon Guards
Major Hiroshi Thessalus THEODORAKAKIS, The Royal Logistic Corps
Sergeant Peter TRICKOVIC, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Lieutenant Colonel John WEETMAN, Army Air Corps
Warrant Officer Class 2 Paul Julian WESTCOTT, Royal Corps of Signals
Captain Timothy Stephen WHITEWAY, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Captain Lee Duncan WILDEY, The Yorkshire Regiment
Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal
Lieutenant Colonel Bibek BANERJEE, Royal Army Medical Corps Army Reserve
Lieutenant Colonel Dominique Sara CAIRNS TD, Royal Corps of Signals Army Reserve
Warrant Officer Class 2 Michael HANCOCK, The Mercian Regiment Army Reserve
Acting Brigadier Philip Rowland MIXER TD, late Royal Army Medial Corps Army Reserve
Warrant Officer Class 2 Richard Edward RUDDOM, The Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve