Details of the honours and awards made to members of the Naval Service for service on Operation Telic and in support of Operation Telic from the period March 19 to April 19 2003 – including awards made to British Service personnel by the Americans – are as follows:

Service on Operation Telic:

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE): Brig James Benjamin Dutton RM; Capt Alan Michael Massey RN.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE):
Cdr Paul Dominic Burke RN; Cdr Martin William Ewence RN; Col Francis Hedley Robertson Howes RM; Cdr Kenneth Wayne Latimer Keble RN; Cdr Dawn Elizabeth Kenney, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Reserve; Cdr Simon John Tate RN; Capt Robert Hugh Allan RFA; Capt Ross Geoffrey Ferris RFA.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE):
Rev Tudor James Botwood RN; Sgt Simon Bruce Dack RM; Lt Cdr Alastair David Gibson RN; Maj Justin Sefton Holt RM; Lt Peter Laughton RN; Maj Dominic Peter May RM; Lt Cdr Malcolm McKenzie RN; Lt Col Ian Mark O’Donnell RM; WO (MAA) Alexander Thomas Sharpe; Lt Cdr Andrew Vincent Swain RN.

Distinguished Service Order (DSO):
Col Gordon Kenneth Messenger OBE RM (Col Messenger commanded 40 Commando RM on Operation Telic, which spearheaded the amphibious assault on the Al Faw peninsula on the first night of hostilities, and later overcame Iraqi armoured forces at Abu Al Khasib).

Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC):
L/Cpl Justin Royston Thomas RM (During an attack by 40 Cdo on March 30, L/Cpl Thomas' troop was ambushed. L/Cpl Thomas decided to leave a position of safety to man a machine-gun on top of a soft-skin vehicle, fully exposed to enemy fire. For some 15 minutes he engaged the enemy, allowing his comrades to reach cover, regroup and mount a successful counter-attack.)

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC):
Lt Cdr Philip Charles Ireland RN (Lt Cdr Ireland was the commanding officer of Hunt-class ship HMS Brocklesby, the first Coalition mine countermeasures vessel or MCMV to enter difficult, poorly-charted waters during the mine clearance operation, often working in bad weather, to clear a route through the Khawr Abd Allah waterway. This allowed humanitarian supplies to be delivered to Umm Qasr port.

Military Cross (MC):
Cpl David John Beresford RM (Cpl Beresford was a section commander with 42 Cdo, and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during several actions, including a firefight in a mud lagoon); Capt Christopher Edward Haw RM; Capt Paul Patrick Lynch RM (Capt Lynch commanded the Manoeuvre Support Group of 40 Cdo during Operation Telic. His troop was in the first wave of the night assault on the Al Faw peninsula, and over the following fortnight he demonstrated outstanding leadership and personal courage in numerous actions with Iraqi forces); Mne Gareth Thomas RM; Cpl Peter Raymond Watts RM.

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC):
Lt Cdr James Lloyd Newton RN.

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC):
Lt Julian Peter Despres (QARNNS)

Queen’s Gallantry Medal (QGM):
Cpl John Austin Hiscock RM

Posthumous Mention in Despatches (MiD):
Lt Anthony Richard King (Deceased) RN (Lt King was killed when two Mk 7 Sea King Airborne Surveillance and Control helicopters of 849 Naval Air Squadron A Flight collided over the Gulf. Lt King was awarded a posthumous Mention in Despatches in recognition of the vital work he carried out in bringing into service a new electronic system that allowed crucial radar data to be fed quickly and accurately to the Land Commander.)

Mention in Despatches (MiD):
Capt Alan Fitzgerald Barnwell RM; Lt Jason Mark Blackwell RN; Cpl Jack Edward Broughton RM; Capt The Honourable Michael Charles Nicholas Cochrane OBE RN; Mne Andrew Thomas Cullen RM; PO(D) Antony Dixon; Sgt Stephen Graham Eaton RM; Lt Cdr Graham John Finn RN; Cdr Guy Antony Robinson RN; Cpl Robert John Storey RM; MA Mark Anthony Sumner; C/Sgt Gary Francis Patterson RM; Sgt Ross Telford RM; Cpl John Thomas Thompson RM; Cpl James Twycross RM.

Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service (QCVS): Capt Mark Anderson RN; LA(SE) Samantha Annison; POA(AH) George John Andrew Cartwright; LS(D) Lee Edmundson; LOM(AW)(T) Clare Rosella Farrar; CPO(AW)(W) Reginald David Ferguson; Lt Col George Arthur Gelder RM; Acting LS David Hall; Maj Mark Christopher Hammond RM; WO(SA) Steven Arthur Henry Houghton; Maj Jon-Paul Hudson Hughes RM; WO2 Garry John Isaacs RM; Rear Admiral Adrian James Johns CBE; Capt Oliver Andrew Lee RM; Capt Tristan Neil Leyden RM; PO(D) Simon Keith Lovell; WO2 Murdo Alexander Mackenzie RM; Cdre Andrew James Gildard Miller; CPO (AEA)(M) Scott Charles Mitchell; Maj Paul Edward Mannering Morris RM; Cdr Jonathan Patrick Pentreath RN; Cpl Anthony Leonard William Phillimore RM; Mne Michal Qarajouli RM; Capt Gawain Ross RM; Maj Jonathan Jasper Sear RM; Lt Col David Edward Summerfield RM; Cdr Gary Brian Sutton RN; Lt Col William John Taylor RM; L/Cpl Paul Matthew Tucker RM; Lt Cdr David Richard Westley RN; Cdr Melvyn Andrew White MBE BEM RN; L/Cpl Nicholas James Young RM; 2O(E) Graham Butterworth Lloyd RFA; Capt Roger Robinson-Brown RFA.

Services in connection with Operation Telic:

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE):
Lt Col Peter Stuart Cameron RM; Cdr Charles Maxwell Lorne Clarke RN; Cdr William Nicholas Entwisle MVO RN; Cdr Andrew William Reed RN; Lt Col Richard Evert Van Der Horst RM; Cdr Martyn Jon Williams RN.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE):
Lt Cdr David Edward Graham RN; Lt Cdr Michael John Leaney RN; Lt Roger Grenville Noyce RN; WO(WEA) Keith William Hugh Wonnacott.

United States awards to British Personnel:

Legion of Merit (Degree of Officer):
Cdre Andrew James Gildard Miller; Rear Admiral David George Snelson.

Legion of Merit (Degree of Legionnaire):
Capt Nicholas Richard Lambert RN.

Bronze Star Medal:
Capt Mark Anderson RN; Capt The Honourable Michael Charles Nicholas Cochrane OBE RN