Queens Birthday Honours 2014
MILITARY DIVISION - ROYAL NAVY
ORDER OF THE BATH KCB Vice Admiral Philip Andrew Jones, CB CB Maj Gen Edward Grant Martin Davis, CBE Rear Admiral Duncan Laurence Potts ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE CBE Commodore Keith Andrew Beckett, Royal Navy Rear Admiral Stephen Buchanan Brunton Commodore Paul Anthony McAlpine, OBE, Royal Navy OBE Cdr Mark Gareth Deller, Royal Navy Cdr Mark Robert Honnoraty, Royal Navy Cdr James McNair, Royal Navy Maj (Acting Lt Col) Gerard Connor O'Hara, Royal Marines Lt Col (Acting Col) Rupert James Pulvertaft, Royal Marines Capt Berkeley John Stanley-Whyte, Royal Navy MBE Capt (Acting Maj) Scott Ashley, Royal Marines Surgeon Cdr Andrew Brown, Royal Navy CPO (Supply Chain) Ivor Cross, Cdr Simon Evan James David, Royal Navy Lt Cdr Neil Charles Loughrey, Royal Navy PO (Diver) Andrew Charles Marshall, Lt Cdr Larry Roy Nicholls, Royal Navy CPO Warfare Specialist (Underwater Warfare) Darren Mark Rayner, Lt Cdr Alfred Simpson, Royal Naval Reserve (Sea Cadet Corps) Capt Trevor Smith, Royal Marines WO Class 1 Marc Wicks, Royal Marines ROYAL RED CROSS ARRC CPO Naval Nurse Jenny Louise Dyson, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service MILITARY DIVISION - ARMY ORDER OF THE BATH CB Maj Gen Kevin David Abraham, Royal Regiment of Artillery The Reverend Jonathan Woodhouse, Q.H.C. Royal Army Chaplains' Department ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE KBE Lt Gen Simon Vincent Mayall, CB, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards CBE Maj Gen Ewan Blythe Carmichael, MBE, Q.H.D.S. Royal Army Dental Corps Brig Mark Redman Goldsack, OBE, The Rifles Brig Giles Patrick Hill, The Parachute Regiment Col Robert Jefferies, The Royal Regiment of Scotland Brig Robert Daniel Meinertzhagen, Royal Corps of Signals Maj Gen Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, TD, The Parachute Regiment Army Reserve. Maj Gen Richard James Semple, Corps of Royal Engineers OBE Lt Col Timothy Robert Blackmore, The Royal Logistic Corps Lt Col Oliver Jerome Kingsbury, MBE, The Parachute Regiment Lt Col Simon Andrew Lawrence, Corps of Royal Engineers Lt Col Nicholas Scott Makin, Royal Regiment of Artillery Lt Col Alan William Thomas McComb, Royal Corps of Signals Lt Col Neil Alexander Den-McKay, MBE, The Royal Regiment of Scotland Acting Col Thomas Michael McMullen, MBE, Army Cadet Force Lt Col Richard Evelyn Robert Morphew, The Royal Irish Regiment Col James Lyon Murray-Playfair, MBE, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Lt Col Richard Charles Pope, Royal Army Veterinary Corps Lt Col Peter Anthony Reid, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) Lt Col Henry Terence Stewart Ricketts, Corps of Royal Engineers MBE Capt Heidi Miriam Alexandra Blackwood, Army Cadet Force Capt Adrian Eric Blanchard, The Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve. WO Class 2 Paul Andrew Brewer, The Yorkshire Regiment Capt Michael James Brigham, The Mercian Regiment Maj Anthony James Christie, Corps of Royal Engineers Capt Robert Lloyd Clifford, Royal Corps of Signals Maj Michael James Cooke, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers WO Class 2 Kenneth Newton Craddock, The Yorkshire Regiment Army Reserve. Maj Simon Charles Dean Culver, Royal Regiment of Artillery Lt Col Judith Anne Dando, Adjutant General's Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch) Army Reserve Maj Paul Richard Eagle, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) Lt Col Philip Charles Evason, TD, The Parachute Regiment Army Reserve. Maj James Robert Fawcett, Royal Army Medical Corps Maj Gordon Gask, Grenadier Guards Maj Andrew Stephen Green, Corps of Royal Engineers Cpl (Local Sgt) Robert Andrew John Gue, Adjutant General's Corps (Royal Military Police) Maj Craig Stephen Hallas, Army Air Corps Maj Dennis George Hannant, The Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve. Maj John Hanson, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Maj (Acting Lt Col) Edward Peter William Hayward, The Blues and Royals Capt David Peter Henson, Corps of Royal Engineers Maj Denis Howard, The Royal Logistic Corps Maj Timothy John Iddon, Royal Regiment of Artillery Maj Damian Robert Jenkins, Royal Army Medical Corps Maj Wynne Jones, TD, The Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve. Maj Peter Andrew Le Feuvre, Royal Army Medical Corps WO Class 1 David Lochrie, Coldstream Guards Maj Nicola Jane MacLeod, Royal Army Medical Corps Maj Barry Roy Melia, The Rifles Cpl Martyn James Oconnor, Intelligence Corps Maj John Phillip Osborn, Army Cadet Force Maj Sally Elizabeth Powling, Adjutant General's Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch) Staff Sgt Tony James Richardson, Royal Army Physical Training Corps Maj Gary Trevor Sawyer, The Rifles Maj Hervey John Scott, Royal Corps of Signals Maj Ian Harold Scrivens, Corps of Royal Engineers Maj William Oliver James Steel, The Royal Logistic Corps Maj Benjamin Roy Greenhalgh Taylor, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Sgt Richard John Thisby, Royal Regiment of Artillery WO Class 1 Martin John Thorp, The Parachute Regiment Maj William Saunders Turner, Corps of Royal Engineers Maj William John Ladbrook Waugh, Royal Tank Regiment Maj Andrew Wilson, Royal Regiment of Artillery Sgt Graham John Woolcock, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment QUEEN'S VOLUNTEER RESERVES MEDAL QVRM Staff Sgt Yvonne Cooper, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) Army Reserve. Maj Alexander John Finnen, MBE, The Parachute Regiment Maj Michael Sean Scott-Hyde, The Rifles Army Reserve. WO Class 2 Anthony Moorcroft, The Royal Logistic Corps Army Reserve. MILITARY DIVISION - ROYAL AIR FORCE ORDER OF THE BATH CB Air Marshal Christopher Paul Anthony Evans, Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Graham John Howard, Royal Air Force ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE CBE Group Capt David John Edwin Cooper, Royal Air Force OBE Wing Cdr Simon James Bellamy, Royal Air Force Wing Cdr Paul Alexander Godfrey, Royal Air Force Wing Cdr Victoria Patricia Gosling, MBE, Royal Air Force Wing Cdr Gethyn William Hill, Royal Air Force Wing Cdr Lynn Johnson, Royal Air Force Wing Cdr Anthony Christian Keeling, MBE, Royal Air Force Wing Cdr Andrew Paul Sandilands, Royal Air Force MBE WO Carl John Bell, Royal Air Force Cpl Ryan Mark Burrows, Royal Air Force Sqn Ldr John David Butler, AFC, Royal Air Force Chief Technician Michael Russell Frankish, Royal Air Force WO David Daubney Lloyd, Royal Air Force WO Steven David Marshall, Royal Air Force Sqn Ldr Louise Victoria Parker, Royal Air Force Wing Cdr Richard David Presland, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sqn Ldr Thomas David John Rees, Royal Air Force Sqn Ldr Gareth Lloyd Roberts, Royal Air Force Flt Sgt Kevin Geoffrey Smith, Royal Air Force Sqn Ldr Mark Ruser Taylor, Royal Air Force Flg Off (Acting Sqn Ldr) Maurice Leslie Thompson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training) QUEEN'S VOLUNTEER RESERVES MEDAL QVRM Sqn Ldr Jeffrey William Metcalfe, Royal Auxiliary Air Force OVERSEAS TERRITORIES POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE MEDAL Paul Richardson, Inspector Royal Gibraltar Police. Derek Tilbury, Constable Royal Gibraltar Police. Paul Wright, Assistant commissioner Bermuda Police Service. |
Nice to see a JNCO in amongst them, good effort by him and his CoC
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Queens Birthday Honours 2014
Great news. Does anyone know Corporal Burrows story?
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Congratulations to all, especially Lynn Johnson whom I recall from Binbrook Ops and as an IOT Student. ISTR she was variously Equerry to the D of E and Manager of RAFAT
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Many congratulations to all. Small admin error on the above list Paul Godfrey is now a Group Captain.
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One of my ex JEngOs in there. However my career suffered in his hands so completely indifferent.
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Although not on the list, Lord Stirrup has also been promoted to (Honorary) MRAF by HM the Queen - I wonder where you get the rank tabs from (only out of pure curiosity :))
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Good to see Mark Deller's name in the List. :ok:
Cdr Air HMS Queen Elizabeth. (Cdr Air HMS Illustrious 2008-10.) |
Queens Birthday Honours 2014
Well done Stan!
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Just watched the Queen's Birthday Parade and Flypast - tear to the eye here in rural France. However, surprised to hear that pilot of left hand Puma was a flying officer, so guess must be first tour, but still surprised we have "operational" flying officers - thought from the 80s odd everyone was at least a flt lt. BUT , well done him (or her -did not catch the name). A very good parade and flypast - thank you all.
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Although not on the list, Lord Stirrup has also been promoted to (Honorary) MRAF by HM the Queen - I wonder where you get the rank tabs from (only out of pure curiosity :)) Re the rank tabs - I bet Moss Bros have got some lurking about in a drawer somewhere that they didnt think they'd ever shift! |
Just watched the Queen's Birthday Parade and Flypast - tear to the eye here in rural France. I did like the interviews they did where they explained how they put the flypast together catering for the different ac speeds, probably a very interesting insight if you are not intimately involved in that sort of thing. However, I did note that Nicholas Witchell described the E-3 as 'ISTAR transport'; was that a genuine mistake or a Freudian slip I wonder? The only disappointing thing overall was that the flypast was over so quickly. I know we are busy around the various bazaars, to be down to 1 or 2 from most types, especially fast air and Chinook when we have relatively large numbers of those, has prompted a lot of comments on various social media channels along the lines of 'was that it?' and 'I guess that's most of the RAF up then?'. But I think that is more a reflection on the cuts than the sqns and crews. Or was Air Cmd trying to make a point again as I believe it did a few years ago with a real blink and you'll miss it fly past? |
Seriously big rank tabs....
....brings to mind a tale told by a friend who moved to a new locale and was being sussed by the neighbours at little drinks parties (ie is he one of us?)
He is in his late 70s and one old biddy said (cue Lady Bracknell voice) "I hear you were in the Royal Air Force? What rank were you? My father was in the Royal Air Force too". "I was a Wing Commander", he replied. "Wing Commander? Wing Commander? Are you sure that's an RAF rank??" "Certainly is. Are you sure your father was in the RAF?" "Of course he was (abruptly) but all HIS friends ranks began with "Air" " Daddy it turned out after some gentle quizzing turned to have taken over from Trenchard way back when. Funny old world sometimes innit? The Ancient Mariner |
TTN ...
As far as I'm aware the last "Honorary" MRAF was HRH Prince Charles on the 16th June 2012 ... which I assume was a similar HMTQ Birthday appointment. Also appointed ... Admiral Lord Boyce to the honorary rank of Admiral of the Fleet and Lord Walker to the honorary rank of Field Marshal |
serious case of "Buggins Turn" with the OBE's -
only Wing Commanders need apply apparently |
Sadly every year the flypast gets smaller and as A/C types disappear it will get smaller still. Best days are long gone.
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same with the parade itself - used to the whole square lined with troops - now its a lot smaller
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"the E-3 as 'ISTAR transport'"
You can get quite a few cases of red inside an E-3D:ok: |
"I hadn't heard of this honorary five star thing before - have there been any others previously?"
I think Charles Guthrie got one recently as a Field Marshal. Quite nice to keep the old ranks in use to be honest - doesnt cost anything,but looks smart :-) |
Sorry, but I disagree with the whole idea, another outmoded military award ceremony, simply earned off the backs of others and often at their detriment for simply for doing their jobs, with a token junior rank thrown in to make it look like it's not.
The same goes for the Civil side with much back patting amongst Company directors while the few token awards are thrown in for mrs X the postie with 39 years service... Those in athletics that get knighthoods for simply winning a race is a farce. Well that's my view, totally outmoded in the world we live in. |
Wensleydale - that was exactly what I was thinking when I heard it!!!
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Had the flypast been larger there would undoubtedly be furore over the extravagance and cost when the UK economy isn't in the best of shapes. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. The sheer spectacle of the 60s-90s' was a product of having a relatively huge military and was probably a significantly important piece of propaganda to the USSR too!
IMHO the day was the expected professional display and the RAF delivered an excellent flypast to an expectant crowd with most types we fly, operationally. Expecting more from contemporary flypasts is probably a little 'out of touch' with just how lean things are these days, especially considering all the various commitments we have overseas. Go to Fairford, Farnborough or RAF Waddington Air Shows and you'll see more. |
Not expecting more, nor out of touch,just pointing out that the annual flypast illustrates each year just how the Services are shrinking year on year.
It was quite disappointing after joining the RAF in 1970 to see the drawdowns that were taking place even then during the cold war,with some of the best postings disappearing. Little could we have imagined how much further the Organisation would shrink to the point where flexibility is so severely curtailed. The RAF can just about manage to carry out all of its commitments but how much more cost cutting/staff reduction can it take? |
Well, at Marlow Regatta today we had a three ship of Merlin + a couple of others, then a single Chinook - Thanks, chaps :ok:
Bas - Planks ;) |
Damned if you do and damned if you don't. IMHO the day was the expected professional display and the RAF delivered an excellent flypast to an expectant crowd with most types we fly, operationally. I agree. :ok: They looked very impressive when they flew over our house, a mile SW of the Palace. FL |
When I left the Mob it would have filled Wembley Stadium (92000 personnel). Now I don't think it would fill White Hart Lane!
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Now I don't think it would fill White Hart Lane! |
MOD
"RAF numbers will fall to 33,500 by 2015 and to 31,500 by 2020" Pride Park Stadium 33,502 Derby County St Mary's Stadium 32,689 Southampton Bramall Lane 32,609 Sheffield United Ricoh Arena 32,604 Vacant King Power Stadium 32,312 Leicester City Stadium:MK 32,000 Milton Keynes Dons Ewood Park 31,154 Blackburn Rovers |
RAF numbers will fall to 33,500 by 2015 and to 31,500 by 2020" Which of course is the establishment size. I have no idea of what percentage in manning terms, we are currently at? Nor if SDSR 15 will make further cuts? Nevertheless, from Wembley stadium to Milton Keynes says it all really. |
NutLoose - I agree with your sentiment on the whole, however, when you have worked alongside someone who then gets one of these "blue Peter Badges", you do tend to support the ethos.
An extention of our country's past, presumably - but also a filip to those working around certain individuals to give of your best perhaps? Someone who works tirelessly all of their lives for charity or child abuse compared to someone who wins a cycle race at a critical national moment??? There seems to be no datum to work from. And this occasionally degrades those awards afforded to the deserved. |
Or officers getting OBE's apparently as of right rather than because of doing something special :*:*
TBH I find it very hard to justify honours outside of bravery and sacrifice |
Did they forget you again Nutloose?
Oh well, better luck in the New Years Honours. |
Well done Kev Smith. Your work is outstanding so this award is very well deserved. Enjoy the moment.
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