Armed Forces Personnel Named In Latest Operational Honours List

A total of 19 Armed Forces personnel have been named on the latest Operational Honours and Awards List.

The list includes members from all three services, who have shown outstanding examples of courage and dedication to their work while on operations.

The list is as follows:

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Colonel Douglas Malcolm George Bowley, QHS
• Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Hart Lewin, The Blues and Royals
• Wing Commander Morgan Williams, Royal Air Force

Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Lewin, was deployed to South Sudan as part of a United Nations mission.

While there Lieutenant Colonel Lewin was the primary medical advisor for 17,000 troops and was the COVID medical advisor for the mission as a whole. 

He ensured that those out in South Sudan as part of UNMISS (United Nations Mission in South Sudan) were better prepared and able to respond to the pandemic. 

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Acting Lieutenant Colonel (now Major) Romesh Vanendra Chinnadurai, The Royal Logistic Corps
• Major Damien Alexander Mead, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
• Major Dominic Joseph Andrew Dias, Corps of Royal Engineers

Mention in Dispatches (MID)

• Lance Corporal Michael Thomas Cameron, Royal Army Medical Corps
• Lance Corporal (now Corporal) John Wardle, Royal Army Medical Corps

Queens Commendation for Valuable Service

• Commander Robin Donovan, Royal Navy
• Lieutenant Commander Andrew Nolan, Royal Navy
• Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) Sam Edward Armel Cates, The Rifles
• Corporal Modou Faye, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
• Lance Corporal (now Corporal) Anne Louise Gowdy, Intelligence Corps
• Lieutenant Colonel Robert Paul James Kace, The Royal Dragoon Guards
• Acting Major (now Captain) Oliver James Lewis, Corps of Royal Engineers
• Lieutenant Colonel William John McKeran, MBE, Intelligence Corps
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Paul Stephen Nancollis, The Rifles
• Major Simon James Pierson, Royal Corps of Signals
• Wing Commander Edward Stephen Kenworthy, Royal Air Force

Cover Image: Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Hart Lewin outside a hospital in Juba, South Sudan (Picture: MOD).