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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.

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

Brigadier (now Major-General) Marston Eustace Tickell, M.B.E., M.C. (314396) (late Royal Engineers).^[2]

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Anthony Boam (424271) Scots Guards.
Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Harvey Bowen, M.B.E. (407765) Corps of Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alistair Dennis (420824) 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers.
Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Miles Welsh, M.C. (418431) The Royal Green Jackets.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Military Division

Major Patrick Michael Beaumont (440421), The Parachute Regiment.
24199129 Warrant Officer Class II Ernest Frederick Cox, Ulster Defence Regiment.
Captain Peter David Hawkins, The Corps of Royal Marines.
Captain (Quartermaster) Robert Stuart Hay, B.E.M. (485128) The Gordon Highlanders.
Captain Ian Neil Osborne (479314), Royal Corps of Transport.
22214413 W arrant Officer Class I Albert Pickles, Coldstream Guards.
Major Alexander Norman McLeod Scott (455179), The Gordon Highlanders.
22205578 Warrant Officer Class I Lewis Derek Stratford, The Life Guards.

George Medal (GM)

23532442 Warrant Officer Class II John Michael Coldrick, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Hugh David McCormack (482966), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Captain Michael Frederick Stagey (476643) Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
23652753 Warrant Officer Class II Colin Bernard Tennant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy Calcott Reilly (433223), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Military Cross (MC)

Captain (now Major) John Anthony Charteris (468963), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment).
Major John Muir Clavering (465919), Scots Guards.
Major Ian Stephen Creamer (475019), Royal Army Medical Corps.
Captain (now Major) Ian Maxwell Tomes (465844), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Lieutenant John Maldwyn Watkins, The Corps of Royal Marines.

Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)

22502533 Warrant Officer Class II Ronald Michael Kenny, The King's Regiment.
24128884 Corporal Raymond David Shorthouse, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Military Medal (MM)

24064064 Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) Louis Clive Barnett, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
RM 22703 Sergeant Ralph Charles Dyke, The Corps of Royal Marines.
24093625 Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) Neville Robert Robson, The Light Infantry.

Mentioned in Despatches

Palm of the Mentioned in Despatches

Army Department

Major (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) David John Atkinson (433287), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Reverend Peter Bayley (489267), C.F. 4th Class, Royal Army Chaplain's Department.
Lieutenant Harry William Beaves (485671), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
23861026 Sergeant Laurence Hugh Beesley, 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers.
Major Robert John Bewell (445792), The Gloucestershire Regiment.
Captain David Arnold Kellett Biggart (481643), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
23882270 Sergeant John David Blanchette, The Queen's Regiment.
Captain Percy Robert Brewis (470028), Royal Corps of Signals.
Lieutenant Christopher Marten Brightman (487820), 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers.
Captain Kenneth John Brown (485510), Royal Army Medical Corps.
Major Anthony Michael Child (448931), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Captain Anthony Humphreys Clark (481746), The Parachute Regiment.
Captain Keith Maxwell Cook (479195), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Captain Francis Xavier Erdozain (485624), Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Major Simon John Furness (448962), The Light Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Eustace John Gerrard-Wright, O.B.E. (407841), The Royal Anglian Regiment.
Captain Roger Michael Greenhouse (472549), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
24169572 Lance Corporal Robert Francis Halford, The King's Regiment.
24144029 Trooper Brian George Hansell, 14th/20th King's Hussars.
24093203 Corporal John Ingham Hirst, The Parachute Regiment.
24153790 Private William Lorimer Hornal, The Gordon Highlanders.
24157719 Driver Steven Paul Hosgood, Royal Corps of Transport.
23891162 Lance Corporal of Horse Kensley Christopher Hughes, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
Lieutenant Iain Alexander Johnstone (485762), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment).
24071569 Corporal Peter Matthew Richard Leggat, Intelligence Corps.
Major Nigel John Lewis (453515), The Royal Anglian Regiment.
23928525 Sergeant John Patterson Macdonald, Scots Guards.
24058439 Lance Corporal Peter Royston Maile, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
24211039 Rifleman Leo Murray, The Royal Green Jackets.
24054329 Corporal John Neil, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment).
24203734 Private Keith Newton, The Gordon High- landers.
22410300 Fusilier Alan Christopher Peterson, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Captain (acting Major) Richard Folliott Powell (469188), Welsh Guards.
23523406 Sergeant Philip John Price, (deceased), Welsh Guards.
Captain (Quartermaster) Basil Wilfred Rimmer (481610), The Royal Green Jackets.
22842835 Staff Sergeant John Ruddy (deceased), Ulster Defence Regiment.
24135127 Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) David John Shepherd, The Royal Green Jackets.
23662370 Corporal of Horse Stuart Frank Sibley, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
23735333 Staff Sergeant Allan Frederick Simpson, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.
Lieutenant John Douglas Sneezy (485928), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Major Ian Oliver John Sprackling (451321), RoyalCorps of Signals.
23879384 Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) Robert Duncan Stewart, Welsh Guards.
23886830 Corporal Sikeli Vakalala, Royal Corps of Transport.
Major Christopher Harold Van der Noot (463410),The Gordon Highlanders.
Major Paul Philip Young (420965), The Royal Anglian Regiment.

References

v t e British honours lists
New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 † Not issued because of Birthday Honours of the new monarch (1902) and World War II (1940)
Birthday Honours	1860 1861 1862 1863§ 1864§ 1865§ 1866 1867 1868§ 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876§ 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953† 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 § Not issued † Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937, 1953)
Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953 2023† † Not issued
Jubilee Honours	1887 (Golden) 1897 (Diamond) 1935 (Silver) 1977 (Silver) 2002 (Golden) 2012 (Diamond) 2022 (Platinum)† † Not issued
Demise Honours	2002 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2021 (The Duke of Edinburgh) 2023 (Queen Elizabeth II)
Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900† 1906† 1910† 1918† 1922 1923† 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017† 2019 † Not issued
Prime Minister's Resignation Honours	1895 1905 1916 1924 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 2019 2022 (Johnson) 2022 (Truss) † Not issued
Special Honours	1923 1952 1972 1973 1974 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1999 2004 2006 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Additional Honours	1911 (Delhi Durbar) 1969 (Investiture of The Prince of Wales) 1990 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday)
Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire