List of British special constables awarded honours
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The honours awarded by His Majesty, The King are published in the official Crown newspaper, the London Gazette, twice a year – at New Year, and in mid-June on the date of the King's official birthday, once per year as a special supplement for the King's Award for Voluntary Service on 14 November, and within various other Special Supplements for miscellaneous awards, honours and achievements.
There have been numerous awards of honours to members of the Special Constabulary across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including individuals of all ranks, and team awards. These include the following:
- OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- MBE – Member of the Order of the British Empire
- BEM – British Empire Medal
- KPM – King's Police Medal
- KAVS – King's Award for Voluntary Service
All of the honours listed above, apart from the King's Award for Voluntary Service, allow for the use of the abbreviated post-nominal letters after the individual's name. Special Constables are also eligible for the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal after 9 years service as a volunteer Police Officer.
Honours Recipients
[edit]Officer of the Order of the British Empire
[edit]| Rank | Name | Force | Awarded | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Officer | Gavin Marcus McKinnon | Kent Police | King's Birthday Honours | 17 June 2023 |
| Chief Officer | John Bernard Barradell | Metropolitan Police Service | New Year Honours | 1 January 2008 |
| Chief Officer | Peter Lyn Howells[1] | Gwent Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 11 June 2005 |
Member of the Order of the British Empire
[edit]| Rank | Name | Force | Awarded | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Officer | Darren Taylor | Norfolk Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 11 June 2021 |
| Chief Officer | Katherine Hancock | Warwickshire Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2021 |
| Chief Officer | Mark Owen | North Wales Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2021 |
| Special Constable | Alan Marwood | Nottinghamshire Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 10 October 2020 |
| Special Inspector | Madeleine Clements[2] | South Wales Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 10 October 2020 |
| Chief Officer | Michael Walmsley [3] | Greater Manchester Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2020 |
| Special Chief Inspector | Derek Alan May[4][5] | Kent Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2019 |
| Special Sergeant | Robert Victor Harrild | Metropolitan Police Service | New Year Honours | 1 January 2017 |
| Special Chief Inspector | Raymond William Lumley | Norfolk Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2017 |
| Special Constable | Richard Fredrick Warren | Wiltshire Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 10 June 2016 |
| Chief Officer | Debbie Potter [6] | Dorset Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2015 |
| Assistant Chief Officer | Derek Hopkins [7] | Essex Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2015 |
| Special Constable | Paul Harrison [7] | Metropolitan Police Service | New Year Honours | 1 January 2015 |
| Special Superintendent | Alistair Borland [8] | Thames Valley Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 14 June 2014 |
| Special Constable | John Giles [8] | Metropolitan Police Service | Queen's Birthday Honours | 14 June 2014 |
| Area Officer | Trevor Spence [9] | Lancashire Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 14 June 2013 |
| Special Constable | Alistair Iain McFadyen [10] | West Yorkshire Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2014 |
| Special Inspector | Patrick Otto Rarden [10] | City of London Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2014 |
| Special Constable | Simon Paul Bale [9] | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 14 June 2013 |
| Area Officer | Brian William Hewlett [9] | Gloucestershire Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 14 June 2013 |
| Special Constable | Martin John Hovenden [11] | Sussex Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2013 |
| District Officer | Richard John Ashwin Owen [11] | Hampshire Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2013 |
| Special Constable | John Michael Tupman [11] | Wiltshire Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2013 |
| Chief Officer | Alan William Paul Brown [12] | Devon and Cornwall Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 16 June 2012 |
| Chief Officer | Glyn Gardner [12] | Warwickshire Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 16 June 2012 |
| Special Sergeant | Brian Rodney Hunter [12] | Lincolnshire Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 16 June 2012 |
| Special Constable | John Wood [12] | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 16 June 2012 |
| Chief Officer | Mrs Beryl Lynn Hodgson [13] | Hampshire Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2012 |
| Special Inspector | Peter William Kellett [13] | Lancashire Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2012 |
| Special Sergeant | Gurcharan Singh Dhesi | Metropolitan Police Service | Queen's Birthday Honours | 11 June 2011 |
| Assistant Divisional Officer | Stephen Lindsay | Gloucestershire Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2011 |
| Chief Officer | Malcolm David Pearson | Norfolk Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2011 |
| Assistant Chief Officer | Miss Patricia Ann Holdsworth | Metropolitan Police Service | Queen's Birthday Honours | 12 June 2010 |
| Special Chief Inspector | Mrs Brenda Roscoe | Greater Manchester Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 12 June 2010 |
| Special Constable | Miss Ann Sevier | Hampshire Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 12 June 2010 |
| Special Constable | Anthony John Alderman | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2010 |
| Special Constable | Warner James Baker | Hampshire Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2010 |
| Divisional Officer | Mrs Carol Ann Downes | Derbyshire Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2010 |
| Special Constable | Jacqueline Lesley Connor | Sussex Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2009 |
| Special Constable | Mrs Pamela Mary Becke | West Mercia Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2009 |
| Special Constable | Keith Brough | Lothian and Borders Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2009 |
| Chief Officer | Nigel Francis Green | Bedfordshire Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2009 |
| Special Constable | Graham Arthur Smout | Staffordshire Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2009 |
| Special Sergeant | Simon Winters | Hertfordshire Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2009 |
| Special Constable | Maurice Duckworth | Lancashire Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2009 |
| Chief Officer | Geoffrey Charles Knupfer | Durham Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2009 |
| Commandant | Ian Kenneth Miller | City of London Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2008 |
| Chief Officer | Satbir Singh Giany | Hampshire Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2008 |
| Special Constable | Mrs Nichola Kirkham | South Yorkshire Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2008 |
| Chief Commandant | Susan Bowes-Evans[14] | South Wales Police | New Year Honours | 30 December 2006 |
| Special Constable | Ian Michael Parks | Durham Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2006 |
| Chief Officer | Michael John Hedges | Norfolk Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 11 June 2005 |
| Divisional Officer | Mrs Janet Riley | Staffordshire Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 11 June 2005 |
| Divisional Commandant | Francis Raymond Walster | Humberside Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 11 June 2005 |
| Special Constable | George Kenneth Want | Warwickshire Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 11 June 2005 |
| District Officer | Mrs Margaret Wilkin | South Yorkshire Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2005 |
| Sector Officer | Michael William Robinson | Suffolk Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 12 June 2004 |
| Area Officer | George Frank Haynes | Warwickshire Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2000 |
| Special Constable | Douglas Scott McKay | Lothian and Borders Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2000 |
Medalists of the British Empire Medal
[edit]| Rank | Name | Force | Awarded | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Inspector | Christopher Jamieson | British Transport Police | New Year Honours | 30 December 2023 |
| Special Inspector | Robert Lewis | South Wales Police | King's Birthday Honours | 17 June 2023 |
| Chief Officer | Sharron Moverley-Holmes | North Yorkshire Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 2 June 2022 |
| Special Constable | Michael Scott | Northumbria Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 2 June 2022 |
| Special Constable | Jonathan Gray | Northumbria Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 2 June 2022 |
| Special Superintendent | Sudath Leon Dias | Essex Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 2 June 2022 |
| Chief Officer | Kenneth Iredale | Surrey Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 12 June 2021 |
| Special Constable | Robert Davies[15] | South Wales Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2021 |
| Special Constable | Graham Wilson | Police Service of Scotland | Queen's Birthday Honours | 10 October 2020 |
| Chief Officer | Cairn Frederick Newton-Evans[16][17][5] | Dyfed-Powys Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2019 |
| Special Superintendent | Howard Rayner[18][5] | Essex Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2019 |
| Special Inspector | Kenneth Avery[19][5] | Hampshire Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2019 |
| Special Sergeant | Jared Simpson[20][5] | Greater Manchester Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2019 |
| Special Sergeant | Charles Pearson[21][5] | West Mercia Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2019 |
| Special Sergeant | Alan Smith[22][5] | British Transport Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2019 |
| Chief Officer | Benjamin Clifford | British Transport Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 8 June 2018 |
| Special Constable | David Slack | Kent Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 8 June 2018 |
| Special Constable | Lloyd Bartle Fairey | Northamptonshire Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2018 |
| Special Chief Inspector | Steven Barry Greenwood | British Transport Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 16 June 2017 |
| Special Constable | Brian Edward Murphy | Cumbria Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 16 June 2017 |
| Special Sergeant | Mark Walder | British Transport Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2017 |
| Special Constable | (Frank) Linden Riley [6] | Greater Manchester Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2015 |
| Chief Officer | David Robinson [7] | Cleveland Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2015 |
| Special Constable | John Ayers [7] | Metropolitan Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2015 |
| Special Constable | Kevin Derrick Lee [8] | Staffordshire Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 14 June 2014 |
| Michael David Roberts [10] | Cumbria Constabulary | New Year Honours | 1 January 2014 | |
| Area Officer | David Clifford John Kingsnorth [9] | Suffolk Constabulary | Queen's Birthday Honours | 14 June 2013 |
| Divisional Commandant | Raymond May | Greater Manchester Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 1992 |
King's (formerly Queen's) Police Medal
[edit]Special Constables in England and Wales are now eligible to receive the King's Police Medal. On 11 March 2022 Queen Elizabeth II approved amendments to the Royal Warrant to expressly state that members of the Special Constabulary in England and Wales were eligible for the medal. As members of a police force, Special Constables in Scotland were already eligible.[23]
| Rank | Name | Force | Awarded | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Constable | Alistair Cameron [24] | Police Service of Scotland | Birthday Honours | 15 June 2024 |
| Special Sergeant | Niyi Opaleye [25] | Kent Police | Birthday Honours | 15 June 2024 |
| Special Chief Inspector | Laura Hart [26] | Merseyside Police | New Year Honours | 30 December 2023 |
| Special Constable | Andrew Gillies [27] | Police Scotland | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2015 |
| Special Constable | Marshall Moyes [28] | Police Scotland | New Year Honours | 1 January 2015 |
| Special Constable | Hugh Duncan [13] | Grampian Police | New Year Honours | 1 January 2012 |
| Special Constable | Frank Buchan | Tayside Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 12 June 2010 |
| Special Constable | Robert Ballantyne [25] | Grampian Police | Queen's Birthday Honours | 13 June 2008 |
King's (formerly Queen's) Award for Voluntary Service
[edit]The King's Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK. Any group of two or more people doing volunteering work can be nominated for the award. The majority of the group must be volunteers, and more than half the volunteers must have the right to live in the UK.[29]
To be nominated they should do work that:
- provides a service and meets a need for people living in the local community
- is supported, recognised and respected by the local community and the people who benefit from it
- is run locally[29]
Volunteer groups should have been running for three years or more to be nominated.[29]
Winners are given a certificate signed by the King and a domed glass crystal. Representatives from the group may also be invited to attend a royal garden party.[29]
| Force | Date |
|---|---|
| South Wales Police – Special Constabulary | 2 June 2021 |
| Greater Manchester Police – Special Constabulary | 2 June 2018 |
| Kent Special Constabulary - Kent Police | 2 June 2014 |
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- ^ a b c "New Years Honours 2012".
- ^ "Page 16 | Supplement 58196, 30 December 2006 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Robert DAVIES | British Empire Medal | the Gazette".
- ^ "Cairn NEWTON-EVANS". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Welsh chief police officer receives New Year Honour for services to policing and the LGBTQ community". Gay Times. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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