Medals and Commendations in the Birthday Honours List 2026

In recognition of their outstanding contribution to the British Army, we have awarded Army personnel and civil servants with a selection of commendations and medals as part of the King's Birthday Honours List 2026.

The Meritorious Service Medal, Chief of the General Staff Commendation, and Army Three Star Commendations are awarded as follows:

Meritorious Service Medal

Warrant Officer Class One Jason Terence Alderson, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class One Alan William Barnes, Coldstream Guards 

Warrant Officer Class One David Lee Bates, Royal Corps of Signals 

Warrant Officer Class Two Andrew Gary Beacock, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 

Warrant Officer Class Two Tyler Paul Brimson, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Warrant Officer Class Two (now Warrant Officer Class One) Cally-Jay Brunton, Royal Army Medical Service 

Warrant Officer Class One (now Captain) Sean Peter Byrne, Royal Regiment of Artillery 

Warrant Officer Class One Iain Robert Campbell, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class One Daniel Michael Carter, Royal Corps of Signals

Warrant Officer Class One Adrian Richard Clayton, Intelligence Corps

Warrant Officer Class One Victoria Davies, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class Two Ian Michael Denney, Army Air Corps

Warrant Officer Class One (now Captain) Martin Anthony Edward Dixon, Royal Corps of Signals

Warrant Officer Class Two Ryan Edward Douthwaite, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class One Daniel Matthew Edwards, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Warrant Officer Class Two Ross John Fernie, The Royal Logistic Corps

Warrant Officer Class One Mark Cameron Foster, The Royal Dragoon Guards

Warrant Officer Class One Christopher David Gabriel, Royal Corps of Signals

Warrant Officer Class Two (now Warrant Officer Class One) Matthew Sean Harvey, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class Two (now Warrant Officer Class One) Paul Lawrence Hellens, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class One Lloyd Higgins, The Royal Logistic Corps

Warrant Officer Class One Stephen Albert Houghton, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class One Richard William James, The Royal Logistic Corps

Colour Sergeant Lee Kilgore, The Royal Irish Regiment

Warrant Officer Class Two Kushalraj Rai, The Royal Gurkha Rifles

Captain Paul Edward John Markwick, Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

Warrant Officer Class One Graham Monks, Corps of Royal Engineers

Warrant Officer Class Two Nia O’Hara, Adjutant General’s Corps, (Royal Military Police)

Warrant Officer Class One Nicholas Hywel Pugh, The Parachute Regiment

Warrant Officer Class One Dakswor Rai, Royal Corps of Signals

Warrant Officer Class One Andrew John Russen, Intelligence Corps

Warrant Officer Class One Daniel Savage, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class One Robert Simpson, Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

Warrant Officer Class Two Roger John Smith, The Royal Logistic Corps

Warrant Officer Class ONE Jacqueline Isabella Taube, Adjutant General’s Corps, (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Warrant Officer Class One Sujan Thapa, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Warrant Officer Class One Benjamin Gary Townley, MVO, Scots Guards

Warrant Officer Class One Katie Louise Ward, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Warrant Officer Class One Shaun Michael West, Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

Warrant Officer Class One Guy Martin Wilkinson, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Warrant Officer Class Two James William Thomas Wood, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Warrant Officer Class One Teresa Wood, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Warrant Officer Class One David Paul Wood, Royal Corps of Signals

Warrant Officer Class One Adam William Wright, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Chief of the General Staff Commendation

Corporal M Adam, Royal Logistic Corps

Major S P Anning, The Mercian Regiment

Mr P Athawes, Civil Service

Major E Baldwin, Corps of Royal Engineers,

Captain M S Bamsey, Royal Logistic Corps

Sapper H J Barton, Corps of Royal Engineers

Corporal J C Bateman, Corps of Royal Engineers

Captain J D Beardsley, Army Air Corps

Warrant Officer Class Two S Bhujel, Royal Gurkha Rifles

Major J C Boyd, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Major S H Bramhald, Corps of Royal Engineers

Captain H P M Butler, Corps of Royal Engineers

Major M A Caulfield, King’s Royal Hussars

Captain (now Acting Major) E Coleman, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment

Major D J Couchman, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Warrant Officer Class Two J E Daulby, Royal Tank Regiment

Major P L Dougherty, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Sergeant L R J Dyble Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

Captain S R Farthing, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

Major A P Fenton, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Corporal T J Fitzgerald, Intelligence Corps

Commander M J Fitzpatrick, Royal Navy

Mrs N French, Civil Service

Captain (now Major) B L Girdlestone, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Major A J Grant, Combined Cadet Force

Major S S A Gray, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment

Lieutenant Colonel M J Grierson, Royal Corps of Signals

Staff Sergeant V Gurung, Royal Army Medical Service

Sergeant P Gurung, (Adjutant General’s Corps (Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Warrant Officer Class Two S Gurung, Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment

Major E A Hardaker, Royal Army Medical Service

Mrs J Harrington, Civil Service

Lance Corporal J W Harris, The Royal Welsh

Major J M Head MBE, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Warrant Officer Class One S A Heredia, Royal Logistic Corps

Captain S G Hickie, Intelligence Corps

Squadron Leader M J Hill, Royal Air Force Regiment

Warrant Officer Class Two A E Hornbuckle, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment

Corporal E W Hunt, Intelligence Corps

Lance Corporal T K M Isles, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

Major L O Johnson, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Warrant Officer Class Two J Joubert, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Major J L C Keddie, Adjutant General’s Corps (Army Legal Services)

Major J S Lawson, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Acting Lance Corporal E K Liddle, Intelligence Corps

Lieutenant Colonel R R Littlejohns MBE, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Warrant Officer Class Two P R Llewellyn, The Royal Welsh

Lieutenant Colonel J Lowe, Royal Logistic Corps

Ms N Maidment, Civil Service

Captain R J Marcandonatos, Royal Army Medical Service

Captain R J Martin, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Lieutenant J O D Mason, Intelligence Corps

Corporal D J McCallum, Royal Logistic Corps

Major M A McCrum, Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

Major A S Meagor, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Lance Sergeant J Mellor, Coldstream Guards

Major R D Moffat, Adjutant General’s Corps (Military Provost Staff Branch)

Lance Sergeant R M Oxtoby, Welsh Guards

Captain N S Parry, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

Major T M E Pitcher, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Major R Pogson-Hughes-Emanuel MBE, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class One W Sear, Royal Navy – Royal Marines

Lieutenant Colonel A K M Seth, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Major A J Shand, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Sergeant M-A Simpson, Corps of Royal Engineers

Major D M Slater, Royal Logistic Corps

Corporal P D Squires, Royal Logistic Corps

Major J P Stork, Royal Tank Regiment

Mrs J Strudwick, Civil Service

Corporal N Thapa Magar, Royal Gurkha Rifles

Major S J Van Lochem, Corps of Royal Engineers

Lieutenant Colonel D S Watt MBE Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Lance Corporal A E White, Royal Logistic Corps

Commander Field Army Commendation

Signaller (now Acting Lance Corporal) J I Amachree, Royal Corps of Signals

Major P Anderson, The Mercian Regiment

Major W J Baker, Royal Tank Regiment

Captain G W Bennett, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

Major P M Brewer, Royal Logistic Corps

Captain A Brown, Royal Logistic Corps

Warrant Officer Class Two W D Byles, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Warrant Officer Class Two T S Clews, Royal Yorkshire Regiment

Staff Sergeant J S Corfield, Corps of Royal Engineers

Captain G F Counsell, Royal Gurkha Rifles

Lance Corporal G B Crabtree, The Parachute Regiment

Sergeant R M Cummings, The Ranger Regiment

Major D Dalrymple, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Captain D Dyck, Corps of Royal Engineers

Lance Bombardier K G Farmer, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Captain J J A Farrow, The Royal Welsh

Lance Corporal (now Acting Corporal) L V Foot, Royal Regiment of Scotland

Staff Sergeant G J Hall, Royal Corps of Signals

Staff Sergeant (now Acting Warrant Officer Class Two) K M Hall, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Warrant Officer Class One G G Harris, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Corporal (now Acting Sergeant) R D Hizzett, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Colour Sergeant S G Huyton, Royal Irish Regiment

Captain J P Johnson-Sadler, Corps of Royal Engineers

Colour Sergeant N Jones, The Royal Welsh

Corporal C J Kane, Corps of Royal Engineers

Staff Sergeant (now Acting Warrant Officer Class Two) C J Kelly, Queen’s Royal Hussars

Colour Sergeant C Limbu, Queen’s Gurkha Rifles

Warrant Officer Class Two T Lockwood, Royal Logistic Corps

Lieutenant Colonel M J Longcake, Royal Corps of Signals

Colour Sergeant R J M McBarron, Ranger Regiment

Warrant Officer Class One S McCuaig, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Major S A McMichael, Irish Guards

Major M J O'Hara, Royal Corps of Signals

Staff Sergeant R J Parker, Royal Army Physical Training Corps

Warrant Officer Class Two S R Parry, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Lieutenant A J Peers-Johnson, Intelligence Corps

Acting Lance Corporal (now Lance Corporal) L J Phillips, Royal Tank Regiment

Warrant Officer Class Two J S L Rose, Corps of Royal Engineers

Colour Sergeant C O Semons, Royal Yorkshire Regiment

Mr L R Sexton, Civil Service

Major E J Shrimpton, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Private R P Simpson, Royal Anglian Regiment

Lance Corporal J C Sole, Royal Logistic Corps

Captain S P Soper, Royal Logistic Corps

Major W F Squires, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Major M W P Stapylton-Boyce, Royal Logistic Corps

Sergeant C J Storie, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Warrant Officer Class Two S Thapa, Royal Corps of Signals

Captain N C Thomas, Royal Army Veterinary Corps

Staff Sergeant I Tress, Royal Logistic Corps

Warrant Officer Class Two (now Captain) A E Trueman, Intelligence Corps

Warrant Officer Class Two (now Warrant Officer Class One) S J Turner, Royal Logistic Corps

Sergeant (now Acting Staff Sergeant) H G Upton, Royal Army Physical Training Corps

Major R P Walker, The Royal Welsh

Captain J Wilkinson, Welsh Guards

Major (now Acting Lieutenant Colonel) A D Williamson, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Acting Sergeant R J E Wills, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Lance Corporal L R Worgan, Corps of Royal Engineers

Commander SJC Commendation

Squadron Leader M D Bernett, Royal Air Force

Major (Retired) M Browne, Civil Service

Corporal (now Acting Sergeant) S O Ferreira, Royal Army Medical Service

Warrant Officer Class Two D J Freeman, Royal Logistic Corps

Captain R Glendinning, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

Warrant Officer Class Two T Hetherington, Royal Army Physical Training Corps

Ms K Johnson, Civil Service

Corporal C E Marsh, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Major A N Mason, Adjutant General’s Corps (Education and Training Services)

Staff Sergeant R B Needham, Corps of Royal Engineers

Acting Lieutenant Colonel C D North, Royal Logistic Corps

Major M D Odell, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Major G M Pullen, Corps of Royal Engineers

Lieutenant Colonel C M L Robson Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

Miss A Rowland, Civil Service

Corporal J A Shaw. Royal Army Medical Service

Captain M J C Skinner, Royal Corps of Army Music

Staff Sergeant W J Thornley, King’s Royal Hussars

Warrant Officer Class Two (now Warrant Officer Class One) A Tipping MBE, Intelligence Corps

Lance Corporal O J Turner, Intelligence Corps

Lieutenant W N D Watson, Royal Navy

Mrs H Wise, Civil Service

Team Award - Defence Children Services Team  

Team Award - National Movement Control Centre Army

DCGS Commendation

Major S L Conway, Royal Logistic Corps

Warrant Officer Class One B J Hood Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

Corporal D A Pibial Adjutant General’s Corps (Military Provost Staff Branch)

Major D J Smith, Royal Logistic Corps

Major L M Wilson TD, Royal Logistic Corps

COMARRC Commendation

Sergeant G R T Butterworth, Royal Logistic Corps

Squadron Leader C S Costello, Royal Air Force

Mrs L Foster, Civil Service

Lance Corporal J A L Fraser, Royal Regiment of Signals

Warrant Officer Class Two R A Gains, Royal Signals

Staff Sergeant S Harris, Royal Army Physical Training Corps

Lieutenant Colonel P I Lawrence, Royal Logistic Corps

Mrs K M Milward, Civil Servant

Major A A J Nicholson, King’s Royal Hussars

Captain H R Powell, Royal Corps of Signals

Staff Sergeant D Rai, Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment

Major S Robertson, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

Major T A Tucker, Royal Logistic Corps

Major J M Wood, Royal Regiment of Artillery

 

King's Birthday Honours 2026: The Army List