Queen's Birthday Honours List 2019 - Military Division
The formal announcement is at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-military-division-of-the-queens-birthday-honours-list-2019
and full details attached for ease of reference. Good to see that the original Captain of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH has been appointed as a CBE - as well as having gone from Commodore to Vice Admiral and become Fleet Commander in five months, but better still if they had spelled Rear Admiral Pentreath's name correctly. Jack ROYAL NAVY AWARDS PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH As Companions Rear Admiral Jonathan Patrick PENTHREATH, OBE Major General Charles Richard STICKLAND, OBE PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE As Commanders Commodore Paul Dominic BURKE, OBE Major General Matthew John HOLMES, DSO Commodore (now Vice Admiral), Jeremy Paul KYD As Officers Commodore Stephen Michael ALLEN Commander Richard Charles BONE Commander (Acting Captain) Christopher John CONNOLLY Commander Steven Ronald DRYSDALE Commander Martin John FREEMAN Commodore Rupert Patrick HOLLINS As Members Commander Adam Gregory CLARKE Chief Petty Officer Air Engineering Technician (Avionics) Thomas Michael ELAND Air Engineering Technician (Mechanical) Class 1 Matthew Kenneth Gallimore Warrant Officer 1 (Physical Trainer) Natasha PULLEY Lieutenant Commander James REYNOLDS Commander Kevin Francis ROBERTSON Lieutenant Commander Martin SHAKESPEAR Chief Petty Officer Engineering Technician (Communication and Information Systems) Helena Gail WARD QUEEN’S VOLUNTEER RESERVE MEDAL Lieutenant Commander David COOPER, RD ARMY AWARDS PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH Knight Grand Cross General Sir Nicholas CARTER, KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen As Knight Commanders Lieutenant General Nicholas Arthur William POPE, CBE As Companions Major General Nicholas John CAVANAGH Lieutenant General Paul William JAQUES, CBE PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE As Commanders Brigadier Paul Robert BURNS Acting Brigadier John Lockhart CLARK, MBE Colonel Guy Hugh John DEACON, OBE ADC Deputy Chaplain General The Reverend Michael Paul Dare FAVA, QHC Brigadier Ian Jonathan GIBB Acting Brigadier George Alexander John MACINTOSH, OBE As Officers Lieutenant Colonel Simon Leslie BLAKE Colonel Jo BUTTERFILL MC Colonel Joseph Edward FOSSEY Lieutenant Colonel Philip Simon James HEPPELL Acting Colonel Brian Keith HOWARD Acting Colonel Simon Nicholas MEADOWCROFT, BEM Colonel Edward Dixon SANDRY Colonel Anthony TAIT Lieutenant Colonel Neil Kirkby Gow TOMLIN As Members Acting Staff Sergeant Lorraine BENNETT, VR Alexander Edward BINKS Acting Major Gregory Philip BLEZARD Matthew Stewart BRAGG Tracey Elizabeth BROOKS Lieutenant Colonel Richard Neil BYFIELD Captain Gary CASE Major Robert John COLQUHOUN Lieutenant Colonel Paul David DENTON Stephen Christian DIXON Major John Hutchison DUNN Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Colin EHLEN Major Rosamund Veronica ELLIOTT David Robert EVANS, VR Major Roy FALSHAW, VR Jonathan David FERMAN Major Storm William GREEN Major David Charles GROCE Major Nicholas Alexander HEPPENSTALL Captain Martin James HOWLIN Captain Christian Lee HUGHES Captain Louise JAMES Warrant Officer Class 2 David KERR Warrant Officer Class 2 Donna LONGHURST Major Mark McGROARTY Major Nigel Ian MUDD Major Gordon William MUIR Acting Major Geoffrey John NICHOLLS Corporal Netrabahadur RANA Major Fiona Jill ROGERS Major Taitusi Kagi SAUKURU, QGM Philip John SMITH Captain Darren Lee TAYLOR Warrant Officer Class 1 Marc THOMSON Acting Major John Dennis WHARTON ROYAL RED CROSS As an Ordinary Member of the Royal Red Cross, First Class Lieutenant Colonel Deborah Louise INGLIS, TD VR QUEEN’S VOLUNTEER RESERVES MEDAL Lieutenant Colonel Graham Norman COX, VR Lisa Jane INGRAM, VR Lieutenant Colonel John Robert LONGBOTTOM, MBE VR ROYAL AIR FORCE AWARDS KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT OREDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Air Marshal Stuart David ATHA, CB DSO PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH As Companions Air Vice-Marshal Christopher James LUCK, MBE Air Vice-Marshal Gavin Douglas Anthony PARKER, OBE PROMOTIONS IN AND APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE As Commanders Group Captain Hamish Roy Callender CORMACK Group Captain Teresa Anne GRIFFITHS, OBE ARRC Group Captain Shaun HARRIS, MBE As Officers Wing Commander Mark Christopher BUTTERWORTH Group Captain Joanne Lorraine CAMPBELL Group Captain Ian Derek CHESWORTH Group Captain Jason Clarke DAVIES Wing Commander Edwin Sebastian KENDALL Wing Commander Jennifer ROBINSON Wing Commander James Richard SIMMONDS As Members Warrant Officer John ALPERT Squadron Leader Beverley CARTWRIGHT Flight Lieutenant Neil COTTLE Sergeant Andrew James FLOYD Squadron Leader Robert Lockhart MCCARTNEY Squadron Leader Andrew Paul MILLIKIN Squadron Leader Roisin Mary O’BRIEN Wing Commander Tara Elizabeth SCOTT Flight Sergeant Adrian Terry SHEPHERD Flight Lieutenant Michael Anthony STOKES Acting Flight Sergeant Ann THOMAS Warrant Officer John Vaughan WILLIAMS |
I realize that as someone who really doesn't understand the UK Honors system this looks as if the higher your current rank the higher the decoration?
So its not really based on what you've done but the job you had at the time??? I suppose it 's cheaper than paying people properly................. |
Broadly speaking ... yes. although in may cases the recipient will already have a lower level award. But it’s a strange system, and I don’t think anyone has devised a better one. ;) |
Oh yes, there's a pecking order alright!
But well done to everyone. |
Huge congrats to Stu Atha on his K - first met him at Brawdy. Would love to have seen him get the top job. Clearly didn't go to the right university.....
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Well done to all on list with particular congratulations to Seb Kendall and Jake Alpert.
Originally Posted by MPN11
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........ I don’t think anyone has devised a better one. ;) Batco |
I realize that as someone who really doesn't understand the UK Honors system this looks as if the higher your current rank the higher the decoration? |
Fascinating, is it not?
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You work hard and for the right boss to get an MBE.
You work hard and get the right job for your OBE. Above that collect the box tops in the right job and you get your K. |
Originally Posted by Asturias56
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I realize that as someone who really doesn't understand the UK Honors system this looks as if the higher your current rank the higher the decoration?
So its not really based on what you've done but the job you had at the time??? I suppose it 's cheaper than paying people properly.................
Originally Posted by BATCO
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Well done to all on list with particular congratulations to Seb Kendall and Jake Alpert.
The French system is pretty good. Chevalier in place of our LS&GC followed by promotions based on combination of passage of time and achievement. Batco Jack PS Must remember to congratulate CDS on his GCB, which in the Royal Navy stands for Good Conduct Badge, which I suppose in a way it is! |
The nearer to HQ we served, the more likely to get an award. A no-brainer ..... I did two stints at HQ, one of 19 weeks, one of 12 weeks. No gong, but four overseas tours totalling 16 years, and a host of good times and good memories. Beats an OBE in a box in the drawer with the socks and the cuff links. And the collar studs. Remember them?
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Agree with a lot said above but the system does need a revamp. Individuals should not be getting an honour for doing their job - that is what a salary is for. The best one I heard of was a MBE for the visits officer in the ARRC before it came back to the UK. Atha probably didn’t get the top job because there are easier people to work with and for. End of. |
As was ever thus:
There are those who do the dirty jobs at considerable risk and those who are floating around the fringes when the dirty jobs are done. I watched Forces TV last night. The RM were on ops in AFG, great respect, even for the embedded TV crew. The palpable sense of fear and expectation of early termination by IED was visible. As real professionals, they all deserved much more than any of the armchair warriors apparent on the pages above. IG |
Stu Atha got MOST EXCELLENT OREDER, what ever that might be. :}
But serious congratulations! I too had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of years back and he seemed to made of stern enough stuff. |
Imagegear, the problem in the weeds, or sand, can be two fold. Someone who can write a good citation - easier done at HQ - and a quota system.
Can't have too many gongs dished out to one unit or in one campaign. From my father in law's story he should have got some recognition but the action was an embarrassing disaster, few officers were in a position to see what happened, too many truly heroic actions in the dark. |
I thought that OBE stood for Other Buggers Efforts.
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PN
I agree with your first, but I still contend that gongs should find their way to the most deserving. Having written a number of citations, both on the inside and on the outside, I needed to trust that they would be acted upon in a fair and reasonable manner. Most were successful but some were not and must have presented a very difficult challenge to assess the justification for an award. But weighting the awards based on keeping the balance of numbers in proportion across many units and organisations remains controversial to me. IG. |
A wan*ker with a gong is still a wan*ker. A good bloke without a gong is still a good bloke. Your professional reputation in your community is the only thing that really has any value.
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There’s only two names I know on the RAF list; neither are hangers-on and both richly deserve the State Honours. I went to a Branch dining-in recently (I wished I hadn’t...). Loads of people with OBEs and MBEs awarded for doing their jobs on RAF stations or at Air - few (from what I know) received them for working in the joint or OGD environment. As said, it relies on a good boss to do the write-up and being in a light blue reporting chain. But very few had more than one or two operational medals; several officers actually had to ask about the Balkans medals and a Gp Capt derided them in front of me, with “oh, that’s for spending time in Italy”. She wasn’t joking and I challenged her on the matter. She had an Afghan OSM for a 2 month stint in Kabul and an OBE for “transformation” (ie closing a base). And one Diamond Jubilee medal. I left that Dining in fuming about a bunch of very-self-satisfied ops-dodgers who have had very dull careers; I have had the satisfaction of delivering effect by both military and diplomatic means on a series of challenging op tours and overseas postings. And a huge range of experiences all over the world. |
Maybe for the sake of openness they should publish the citations for the state awards. I'm sure they would make interesting reading !
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