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List of British special constables awarded honours

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.

Medal ribbon bar of the Order of the British Empire Medal
Medal ribbon bar of the King's Police Medal

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:

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

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

Special Constabularies awarded the QAVS
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

References

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  1. ^ "Honour for mountain rescue man". BBC News. 11 June 2005.
  2. ^ "Madeleine CLEMENTS | Order of the British Empire | the Gazette".
  3. ^ "MBE awarded to outstanding Special Chief Officer in New Year's Honour's list". gmp.police.uk. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Derek MAY". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Officers, police staff and volunteers recognised in Queen's New Year's Honours List". news.npcc.police.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Queen's Birthday Honours 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d "New Years Honours 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015.
  8. ^ a b c "Queen's Birthday Honours 2014" (PDF).
  9. ^ a b c d "Queen's Birthday Honours 2013" (PDF).
  10. ^ a b c "New Years Honours 2014" (PDF).
  11. ^ a b c "New Years Honours 2013" (PDF).
  12. ^ a b c d "Queen's Birthday Honours 2012". Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
  13. ^ a b c "New Years Honours 2012".
  14. ^ "Page 16 | Supplement 58196, 30 December 2006 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 10 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Robert DAVIES | British Empire Medal | the Gazette".
  16. ^ "Cairn NEWTON-EVANS". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Howard RAYNER". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Kenneth AVERY". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Jared SIMPSON". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Charles PEARSON". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Alan SMITH". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  23. ^ "Special Constabulary changes". Orders & Medals Research Society Journal. 61 (3): 195. September 2022. ISSN 1474-3353.
  24. ^ "Alistair CAMERON". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  25. ^ a b "Dr. Olaniyi OPALEYE". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Laura Catherine Elizabeth HART". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  27. ^ "QUEEN'S POLICE MEDAL – Q.P.M" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  28. ^ "New Years Honours Scotland 2015".
  29. ^ a b c d "The King's Award for Voluntary Service". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 April 2019.   This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
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