The exceptional qualities of 56 service personnel are being recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2021.
Recipients are cited for a wide range of activities, such as championing the needs of personnel, leading on conservation, representing the Army with distinction and providing outstanding support to the COVID-19 response.
Colour Sergeant James Lambie, 2 PARA, who wanted to ‘give back’ to Army recruits is to be awarded the MBE. He manages a large cohort of recruits undergoing rehabilitation.
His citation says: “As someone who went through rehabilitation as a recruit, he has a particularly compassionate understanding of the importance of the role, centred on returning fit and motivated recruits back into mainstream training.”
CSgt Lambie, 36, was shocked when he was told. He said he wanted to return the favour: “Because someone saw something in me and put themselves forward and took me on at risk. I just wanted to do the same. I can’t take all the credit.”
Warrant Officer Class 2 Sheridan Lucas, Royal Engineers, has been cited for an MBE for her role as Company Sergeant Major of 1st Infantry Training Battalion, Infantry Training Centre, Catterick where she has been instrumental in the development and implementation of the first male and female integrated platoons.
A role model to female recruits, WO2 Lucas has been dedicated to shaping the way the Infantry trains Women in Ground Close Combat. She said: “I was very lucky to see the first female recruits, having taken them through their training and watch them pass off. It was an honour to have seen that happen - history in the making.
“I am totally shocked and overwhelmed. The Role at ITC was a privilege and honour, supporting the first females make history.”
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “Congratulations to our esteemed Armed Forces personnel receiving state honours from Her Majesty The Queen in this year’s Birthday Honours List.
“The work our people do every day is nothing short of exceptional and I am proud to see so many individuals recognised for going above and beyond the call of duty to achieve excellence.”
“They are a great source of pride and inspiration for our country.”
Royal Victorian Order
As well as those listed below receiving state honours, Her Majesty The Queen has also bestowed a personal honour on a select group of soldiers who were closely involved in the funeral of The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in April.
Queen’s Company Grenadier Guards Bearer Party will be made members of the Royal Victorian Order, an order of Knighthood instituted by Queen Victoria in 1896 to reward personal service to the monarch.
The Land Rover Hearse drivers for the funeral, Corporal Louis Murray and Commander Corporal Craig French, both of the REME, are also being made members of the Order.
Below is the list of Army personnel who are to receive State level awards, as well as those who are to be awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
Army List
Appointment to the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of The Bath
As Knight Commander (KCB)
General Timothy Buchan RADFORD, CB DSO OBE
As Companions (CB)
Lieutenant General Douglas McKenzie CHALMERS, DSO OBE
Major General Neil David SEXTON
Appointments to and Promotions in the Military Division of The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire
As Knight Commander (KBE)
Lieutenant General Christopher Linley TICKELL, CBE
As Commanders (CBE)
Colonel Jeremy David BAGSHAW
Brigadier James Matthew SENIOR
Brigadier Sara Louise SHARKEY
Colonel Graham Taylor
As Officers (OBE)
Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Gregory George ANDREWS, MBE, Corps of Royal Engineers, Army Reserve
Lieutenant Colonel Robert John Trevelyan CLOKE, Intelligence Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Anne Stratton FIELDHOUSE, Royal Army Medical Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Shamus Antony KELLY, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) David Thomas PACK, MBE, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
Colonel Daniel Michael REA
Lieutenant Colonel Dylan READ, The Royal Logistic Corps
Major Christopher Mark ROBERTS, Royal Army Physical Training Corps
Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class Andrew James TOTTEN, MBE, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department
As Members (MBE)
Lieutenant Colonel Piers Lyndon ASHFIELD, DSO, Grenadier Guards
Major Matthew Stanley BAGSHAW, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Duncan BAILEY, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Staff Sergeant Jamie BARRETT, The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth’s Own)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Angus William BARTABY, Army Air Corps
Major Andrew Martin BUCKLEY, Royal Army Medical Corps
Acting Major (now Major) Paul David COLVILLE, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Harding DAVISON, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
Captain (now Major) Jayne Louise DONAGHUE, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Lieutenant Colonel Richard James Hamilton GREEN, Grenadier Guards
Major Gerald Martin HEDGER, TD VR, Royal Regiment of Artillery, Army Reserve
Warrant Officer Class 2 Richard Kit HELMN, The Yorkshire Regiment, Army Reserve
Major Luke George HOARE, Army Air Corps
Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class Alan Paul JEANS, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, Army Reserve/Army Cadet Force
Major Gavin Charles KIMBERLIN, MC, The Mercian Regiment
Sergeant (now Colour Sergeant) James William LAMBIE, The Parachute Regiment
Major (now Lieutenant Colonel) James Daniel LOWEN, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class 2 Sheridan LUCAS, The Royal Logistic Corps
Major Norman MACLEOD, Army Cadet Force
Major Kenneth Allan PICKERING, Army Cadet Force
Captain Joseph Edmund Geoffrey READ, Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch
Captain Vivekjung SHAH, Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Staff Sergeant (now Warrant Officer Class 2) Simon Patrick SPRIGGS, Intelligence Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Alasdair Fortune Lyon STEELE, VR, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, Army Reserve
Major Toshiaki Alexander SUZUKI, The Parachute Regiment
Major Christopher David TAYLOR, Royal Army Medical Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Patricia Lynne WALTERS, Royal Army Medical Corps
Major Damian Arthur Charles WARREN, Corps of Royal Engineers
Warrant Officer Class 1 Daniel Lewis WINFIELD, The Royal Logistic Corps
Major Nicholas Edward John ZORAB, The Royal Welsh
Royal Red Cross
As Ordinary Member, First Class (RRC)
Colonel Sharon FINDLAY
As Ordinary Associate, Second Class (ARRC)
Staff Sergeant Tracey Ann CULLEY, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal (QVRM)
Warrant Officer Class 2 (now Acting Captain) Andrew David EKE, VR, The Royal Logistic Corps, Army Reserve
Colonel Thammy EVANS, VR
Major Cyril STEVENSON, VR, The Royal Logistic Corps, Army Reserve
Warrant Officer Class 2 (now Warrant Officer Class 1) Samuel Stewart VANDAL, VR, Corps of Royal Engineers, Army Reserve
Meritorious Service Medal List
Colour Serjeant Jason Mark ADMANS, The Rifles
Warrant Officer Class 1 (now Captain) Stephen Christopher ATHERTON, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class 2 Alexander BAIN, Scots Guards
Warrant Officer Class 1 Spencer James BELCHER-MARKS, The Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class 1 David BERESFORD, Royal Army Physical Training Corps
Colour Sergeant Andrew Kevin CROSS, The Parachute Regiment
Warrant Officer Class 1 Adam Lee CULLIFORD, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class 1 Carl DAWBER, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Iain Alexander FORAT, Scots Guards
Warrant Officer Class 2 (now Captain) Ian George GALLAGHER, The Parachute Regiment
Warrant Officer Class 1 Steven John GELSTON, The Royal Logistic Corps,
Warrant Officer Class 2 Kevin Thomas GODFREY, Royal Army Medical Corps,
Warrant Officer Class 2 David James GRAHAM, Royal Corps of Signals
Warrant Officer Class 2 Bhimbahadur GURUNG, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
Warrant Officer Class 2 Lee HARTSHORN, The Parachute Regiment
Warrant Officer Class 1 Kenneth Craig HASTINGS, The Parachute Regiment
Warrant Officer Class 1 Robert Alan JACKSON, Army Air Corps
Staff Sergeant Mark Edmund KAY, Corps of Royal Engineers
Warrant Officer Class 1 Colin Patrick KIRKWOOD, Scots Guards
Warrant Officer Class 1 Martin Steven LANCASTER, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch
Warrant Officer Class 2 Michael James LANE, Royal Corps of Signals
Warrant Officer Class 1 (now Captain) Trevor Wayne Raymond MARCH, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
Warrant Officer Class 2 James MASON, Royal Corps Signals
Staff Sergeant Rory James McLUSKEY, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class 1 Trevor Ian MICHAEL, Corps of Royal Engineers
Warrant Officer Class 2 (now Captain) Ronald PARKER, Corps of Royal Engineers (now Royal Army Medical Corps)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Andrew David PATTERSON, The Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class 2 Graham Clive RICHARDS, MBE, The Royal Anglian Regiment
Warrant Officer Class 1 (now Captain) Scott ROBINSON, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Warrant Officer Class 2 Zoe Venus ROBINSON, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Hazel SAVAGE, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Sergeant Apisai Dakunivosa SERAU, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Warrant Officer Class 1 Wayne Richard SYKES, The Parachute Regiment
Warrant Officer Class 2 Peter THOMSON, Royal Army Medical Corps
Warrant Officer Class 2 Kevin William TOMLINSON, QGM, Irish Guards
Warrant Officer Class 1 Jason Lea Christopher WOODRUFF, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Warrant Officer Class 2 Andrew Keith WRIGHT, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Warrant Officer Class 1 John YOUNGER, The Royal Logistic Corps
Chief of the General Staff Commendations
Lt J Anderson, RE
SSgt M J Archer, R Signals
Maj now Lt Col L E Armon, RAMC
WO2 L A Biggs, RA
Maj C R Boyden RLC
Maj I G Brindle AGC (SPS)
Maj O D Burwell, RA
Maj M E Callaghan AGC (SPS)
Maj S R Carter, RRF
Maj E A Cranfield, JHC
Capt N A R Donaghy, R Signals
SSgt A P Dow, RLC
Sgt I Evans, INT CORPS
Maj E C Farren, PWRR
Maj T D Fenn, RAMC
Sgt now SSgt S C Fitzsimmons, RE
Maj T E Foote, RE
Maj A E Genillard, RGR
WO2 M J Gosling, PWRR
LCpl J Gray, RE
LCpl B Gurung RLC
Maj C Hallatt, RCAM
A/Sgt now Sgt T H Hammonds, INT CORPS
Lt Col D R Haslam, REME
Sgt B D Hodges, RE
WO1 D N Hodgson, RCAM
WO2 A Holcombe, RIFLES
Lt Col J F Hunter, AGC (ETS)
Maj J Hutchinson, AGC (MPS)
WO1 C D Jacobsen, INT CORPS
Maj A J Kelly, AGC (SPS)
LCpl T M Kij, RE
Maj M R S Lambert, KRH
WO1 I J Langman, RLC
WO2 P R J Lia, RE
Capt B Limbu, GSPS
Mrs I M Lyttle, Civ Servant
Cdr M C Mackey, RN
Pte K A MacLean, Scots
WO2 G D Macpherson, RLC
Maj R P Manning, RHG/D
Lt Col J C W Mawdsley MBE, RA
Maj P A McGowan, RAMC
Maj I McGuire, RRF
Cpl V Mitchelmore, RLC
Capt L E Morgan, RAMC
Maj W G Morris, RLC
Lt Col J Murphyy, US-A
Capt M F R Nutine, RLC
Maj C A Peall, AAC
Flt Lt L-J Piercy, RAF
WO1 D Preuss, R Signals
Sqn Ldr D P Rayfield, RAF Regt
Maj BGT Redshaw, Yorks
Maj J D Rendall, RAC
Maj K A Richardson, RLC
Maj N Rush, RAMC
Capt D J Russell, R Anglian
Lt D T L Simmonds, RA
CSgt C G Simpson, Scots
WO1 C P J G Sinclair, RLC
WO1 now Capt G Slade-Jones, RAPTC
Bdr J Tate, RA
Sgt M Tembo, REME
Cpl C Thompson, RLC
Maj S A Tibbles, PWRR
Lt Col retd M J Tizard, Civ Servant
A/Lt Col C R Trow, RAMC
Lt S Turnbull, LANCS
Capt S A Twine RLC
Pte R E D Wilkinson, RAPTC
Sgt B M A Willett, RE
Lt Col P B Youngman MBE, RE
Commander Field Army Commendations
Sgt L Aschettino, Royal Engineers
Maj A Asong, AGC (SPS)
Sgt H M Bees, QARANC
WO2 T Boyd, RAMC
2Lt C J Bradbury, LANCS
WO2 A S Bright, SCOTS
Cpl C R W Clelland, RLC
Cpl L Connor, REME
Capt I G Cordiner, SCOTS
A/Maj (now Capt) G L Cuthbertson, LD
Sgt K Day, RE
Pte C Docherty, RAMC
Maj A L Doyle, RAMC
Cpl (now A/Sgt) J Duignan, R Signals
Mrs L J Edgell, Service Spouse BATUK
Maj T J Efstratiou, RAMC
Maj M O Ellison, R WELSH
A/WO2 M T English, AAC
Maj J G H English VR, RIFLES
Cpl I A Enoegbe, RLC
Maj M F Foley, RAMC
Capt F T Gibson, AAC
Sgt N Gurung, QOGLR
SSgt M J Hall, RLC
A/Maj D G Hinchcliffe, YORKS
Lt F D Howes, INT CORPS
SSgt J F Hull RAPTC
N JAMC, RLC
WO2 D P Jones, YORKS
Sgt J W Kearse, INT CORPS
Maj R A King, RA
LOC Mov Team (Team Award) RLC
Capt S J Lowe, RLC
Maj A E Lowes, RA
WO2 C E McInnes, RA
SSgt J T Morrow, RLC
SSgt A S C Moule, INT CORPS
WO2 H J Munro, AGC (SPS)
PATW (Team Award), RN/Army/RAF
Capt C D Porro, SCOTS
Capt D L Pumphrey, IG
Maj M H Rivington, SCOTS
Capt J G Robinson, RLC
SSgt D M Shenton, REME
Maj G D Smith, RAMC
Cpl K A Smith, AAC
Capt M C Suddaby, RE
Maj S J Tisbury, RIFLES
Maj S J Van Lochem, RE
WO2 (now WO1) M R Vinten, R Signals
SSgt L Walters, REME
WO2 SM Whitby, RLC
Commander SJC(UK) Commendations
LCpl J A Bertram-Smith, R Sigs
Maj C M Botha, RE
Cpl P R C Bridges, RLC
Maj C J Button, RE
SSgt C A Chapman, RAMC
Maj O B Clark, RE
Capt P L Cross, REME
Gnr J A D Eddy, RA
Maj L F Evanson-Goddard, RLC
Capt N D Gould, REME
Maj R L Harvey, RE
Maj L J Henderson, AGC
Maj M J Hill, R Signals
CSgt V P W Hockley, IG
Maj A D J L Kerr, RAMC
Capt M B D Kuhnke, RE
Col S D Millar, Gen Staff
Capt A D A Morris, RTR
WO1 (now Capt) A M W Newsome, RE
Capt J R G Parker, RL
LCpl H R H Pedley, R Signals
Flt Lt D Preece, Logistics
Lt J E S Rollason, INT CORPS
WO2 G A Shuck, R Signals
SJC(UK) EHT (Team Award), Various
SJC(UK) Mil Co-Responder Tm (Team Award), Various
Capt C Smith, RE
Maj P A Smithurst, REME
Maj J Walter, RLC
Col D M Warner, Gen Staff
WO1 G S Way, RLC
Maj A A Whitwam, RLC
Commander Home Command Commendations
Capt R T Adkins, RM
Capt L J Alldritt, RLC
WO2 P A Bennett, RLC
Col (R’td) M Carter, Civilian
Lt Col H I M Clark MBE, RRS
Mrs E M Collins, Civilian
Capt K K Darnton, REME
Ms K Edwards, Civilian
Cpl B M Griggs, AAC
Cpl K Gurung, QGS
Lt Col G Innes, REME
Cpl (now A/Sgt) S J Jackson, QARANC
WO2 (now WO1) R W C Jennings, RA
Mr G B Lama, Civilian
Capt D McCluskey, AGC(SPS)
Sgt D T Palmer, REME
Capt A J B Perkins, AGC (RMP)
Cpl R M Pirie, RLC
Ms S Rai, Civilian
RCAM Media & Engagement Tm (Team Award) Various
WO2 L J Rogers, RADC
Rev (Capt) C J Rogers, RAChD
Mr S Shakya, Civilian
WO2 T Stone, RLC
Maj S Sutcliffe AGC ETS
T Tetflow, Civilian
Capt W C Thacker, R IRISH
LCpl R Tolhurst, RCAM
SSgt S M Walmsley, RA
Mrs S Wensley, Contractor
DCGS Commendations
Capt W A Chapman, AGC (ETS)
Maj J C M Evans-Fry, RLC
Maj D Finner, FEME
Maj S Guo, RA
Sgt D M Harcus, REME
Mr J Hayter, Civilian
A/Lt Col (now Lt Col) T G Hebberd, PWRR
Maj (now Lt Col) A Hollis, RA
WO1 A M Holmes, REME
2Lt C R Munro, LONDONS
Lt Col M P C Myles, PWRR
Maj A M Smith, RDG
A/Sgt (now Sgt) J R Thompson, AGC (RMP
Maj J S Trott, RLC
Capt C E Whiston, RLC