1982 Special Honours

As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire (Military)

Ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire Civil)

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Military Division

Army

Brigadier Patrick Frank Blair Hargrave, O.B.E. (431873), Staff, late The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
Colonel Eric Montefort Westropp (456002), Staff, late The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own).^[1]

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division

Army

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Douglas Morton Ogilvie (458722), the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Melville Youll (464377), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Military Division

Army

Major Anthony Brian Spencer Collings (484639), The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
23664849 Warrant Officer Class 2 Bernard Thomas Humberstone, The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) now Captain (Quartermaster) (513832) The Wessex Yeomanry, Territorial Army.
24216908 Warrant Officer Class 2 John Kerr, M.M., Ulster Defence Regiment.
Captain (Garrison Engineer) Hugh Mostyn Morgan (507217), Corps of Royal Engineers.
Captain Malcolm James Rees, M.M. (508695), Special Air Service Regiment.
23689425 Warrant Officer Class 1 Colin Leslie Wilson, Intelligence Corps.

Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)

24317545 Lance Corporal (now Corporal) Richard Charles Acott, Corps of Royal Engineers.
Major James Gordon Kerr (490901), Intelligence Corps.
23947081 Warrant Officer Class 2 James Osmund Unsworth, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

24196571 Sergeant Mervin Rudolph Bassett, Corps of Royal Engineers.
24021383 Staff Sergeant Albert Edward Eastwood, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
24302290 Corporal (Acting Sergeant) Michael Emberson, The Parachute Regiment.
24216292 Corporal James McCandless, Ulster Defence Regiment

Air Force Medal (AFM)

24136567 Sergeant (now Staff Sergeant) Ian Shoobridge, Army Air Corps.

Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct

Sergeant William Allun Morgan, Royal Marines, PO21689W

Mentioned in Despatches

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Brian Armstrong (509019), Ulster Defence Regiment.
24254951 Corporal James Hanah Brown, The Royal Anglian Regiment.
Captain Bernard Lawrence Bunting (504432), The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment).
Lieutenant (now Captain) Leslie Christopher Burrlock (509336), The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
23834337 Warrant Officer Class 2 (now Acting Warrant Officer Class 1) Clifford John Castree, Corps of Royal Engineers.
Captain Moira Boyne Clarke (499077), Ulster Defence Regiment
24115457 Sergeant (Acting Staff Sergeant) Robert Douglas Clay, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Major Romilly Edmund Humphrey David, M.B.E. (483793), Welsh Guards.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Phillip Thomas Earle (459247), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Major Charles Victor Hamill (492339), Ulster Defence Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel John Robert Hart, M.B.E. (473533), The Royal Anglian Regiment.
Major Timothy John Douglas Holmes (480331), 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards.
24438583 Guardsman James Alexander Hutchison, Scots Guards.
24298847 Lance Corporal (now Acting Corporal) Barry Stroud Hutt, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
Major Graham Jefferies (468642), The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
23824139 Warrant Officer Class 2 John Malcolm Kendrick, Army Air Corps.
24464559 Lance Corporal Paul Anthony Legg, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Rupert Henry Charles Lucas (500968), The Royal Anglian Regiment.
Major Neil Patrick Hayes Macaulay (481817), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Frank Maynard, M.B.E. (465801), Royal Corps of Signals.
24400559 Corporal Paul McCarthy, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
24199091 Warrant Officer Class 2 Herbert McConville, Ulster Defence Regiment
24136114 Staff Sergeant Raphael Francis Joseph McGrath, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
23860783 Sergeant Ernest McWilliams, Ulster Defence Regiment.
Major Kenneth Beresford Molyneux-Carter (482790), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Captain Michael Edward Parle (494450), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
24208305 Warrant Officer Class 2 Hugh Watters Patterson, Ulster Defence Regiment
23982858 Warrant Officer Class 2 Anthony John Thompson, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
24441297 Lance Corporal Paul Thompson, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
22999484 Warrant Officer Class 2 James Walkden, B.E.M., Special Air Service Regiment
Captain John Frederick Wheeley (490570), Corps of Royal Engineers.
Captain Paul Williamson (499644), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Finlay Willasey Wilsey (461522), The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.

References

^ SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 14 June 1982

[1] SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 14 June 1982

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