1973 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

Colonel Desmond Alfred Barker-Wyatt, M.B.E. (290897) (late Royal Engineers).[1]

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division Army

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Henville Chappell (418224), The Queen's Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Laurence Crosby (387427), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Lieutenant Colonel David Edwin Miller, M.C. (418335), The King's Own Royal Border Regiment.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Military Division Army

Major Charles Michael John Barnes (448908), The Royal Anglian Regiment.
Captain Roger Howe (473975), The Royal Anglian Regiment
Major Gerald Alexander Crozier Saint (457270), The Light Infantry.
Major Gavin Bulloch (454819), The Queen's Regiment.
Major William Robert Dickson (489435), Ulster Defence Regiment.
Captain Christopher Henry Acton Hawker (481788), The Royal Green Jackets.
Major (E.M.A.E.) John Frederick Hill (463674), Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Captain (Quartermaster) Gordon Long (478334), The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment).
Captain (Quartermaster) Frederick George Marsh (477057), The King's Own Royal Border Regiment.
Reverend Curwen Rawlinson (473425), Chaplain to the Forces Class 3, Royal Army Chaplains' Department.
Major Peter Treneer-Michell (457293), The Royal Green Jackets.
23351910 Warrant Officer Class 2 (acting Warrant Officer Class 1) David Ralph Williams, Corps of Royal Military Police.
Captain (Quartermaster) Francis Alan Williams (484460), The Royal Green Jackets.
23833021 Warrant Officer Class 2 Alan Heatherill Willson, Intelligence Corps.

George Medal(GM)

22367973 Warrant Officer Class 1 Peter Edwin Spencer Gurney, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

British Empire Medal for Gallantry(BEM)

23678891 Staff-Sergeant Michael Daniel Maloney, The Queen's Regiment.

British Empire Medal(BEM)

23497049 Corporal (acting Sergeant) James Lee Bryce, The Parachute Regiment.
23547930 Corporal Brian Griddle, Royal Army' Veterinary Corps.
23889722 Corporal (acting Sergeant) Brian Keith Dent, The Prince of. Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.
23895674 Sergeant John Gordon McCrindle, Royal Corps of Signals.
W/424066 Corporal Jane Brown Purdie, Women's Royal Army Corps
24125069 Corporal Peter Phillip Walters, Corps of Royal Military Police.

Military Cross(MC)

Major Stuart Trevor Willcocks Anderson (453432), The Queen's Regiment.
Lieutenant David Michael Beaumont Ash (484814), The Light Infantry.
Major Roger Hugh Ker (469035), The Royal Green Jackets.

Distinguished Conduct Medal(DCM)

23738257 Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) Michael Rattigan, The Royal Green Jackets.
23945040 Sergeant Nigel Whitfield, The Royal Anglian Regiment.

Military Medal(MM)

24001066 Corporal John Hamilton, Corps of Royal Engineers.
23915386 Sergeant Patrick Paul Mellon Ryan, The Queen's Regiment.
23965687 Corporal (acting Sergeant) Rupert George Smith, The Light Infantry.
23778545 Corporal (acting Sergeant) Eric White, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Mentioned in Despatches

Palm of the Mentioned in Despatches

Major Robert Henry Aylmore (461366), Corps of Royal Engineers
Lieutenant Karl Phillip Allardyce Barclay (488384), The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Winston Battson, M.B.E, (352320), Ulster Defence Regiment.
23916403 Sergeant Ronnie Bradley, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Y orkshire.
Major Denis Thomas Myles Brunnan (472196), Royal Army Medical Corps.
Major Robert Daubeny Buchanan-Dunlop (463067), Scots Guards.
24205278 Staff Sergeant Samuel John Caldwell, Ulster Defence Regiment.
Lieutenant Gwynfryn Iain Davies (489180), The Royal Welch Fusiliers.
Major Christopher.Rowlands Day (459240), The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.
24127325 Lance Corporal Alan James Fairbairn, Royal Corps of Signals.
24076201 Lance Corporal Geoffrey Fishwick, Grenadier Guards.
23675292 Warrant Officer Class II William John Gaskin, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
23784715 Sergeant Alan Richard Gibson, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
24093297 Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) David Ronald Grimes, The Royal Green Jackets.
23968665 Lance Corporal Joseph Haldane, Royal Corps of Signals.
24199498 Corporal William Thomas Hawthorne, Ulster Defence Regiment.
Captain Guy de Vere Wingfield Hayes (480328), The Royal Green Jackets.
23920298 Sergeant Rodney James Knight, Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
24104022 Corporal Brian Edward Lawrence, The Royal Green Jackets.
Lieutenant Nicholas Patrick Chad Lewis (484897), The Light Infantry.
Major Colin Lindsay (440077), The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Lieutenant Thomas Longland (485774), The Royal Anglian Regiment
23472937 Warrant Officer Class II Patrick Maher, The Royal Green Jackets.
Major Paul Mallalieu (449154), The Queen's Regiment.
Major Simon Hugh Cadman Marriott (467599), The Royal Green Jackets.
Captain James Heggie Merrick (444749), Regular Army of Officers (late General List).
Major Andre Roger Raymond Millorit (464021), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
23220474 Staff Sergeant Frederick Victor Christopher Moth, Corps of Royal Engineers.
23887353 Sergeant James Mulvaney, The Royal Green Jackets.
23458890 Staff Sergeant James Henry William Pearson, The Queen's Regiment.
22784540 Warrant Officer Class II Barry Phillips, Royal Corps of Transport.
Major Terence Nigel Robinson (440441, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
2nd Lieutenant Michael Guy Andre Shipley (492713), The Royal Anglian Regiment.
Captain The Honourable Philip Reginald Smith (476888), The Royal Green Jackets.
24167736 Gunner Ian David Stansfield, Royal Regiment of Artillery.
23743426 Sergeant James Struthers, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's).
24172892 Driver James Taylor, Royal Corps of Transport.
24129865 Private James Taylor, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's).
22337817 Warrant Officer Class I Raymond Vere Tilbury, Corps of Royal Military Police.
22204919 -Staff Sergeant Thomas Joseph Wiggins, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Major Patrick Erlin Wood (459340), The Parachute Regiment.
23657528 Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) George Burton Woodhouse, The Light Infantry.

References

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 23 July 1973

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[1] SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 23 July 1973

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