Operational Honours

28 October 1664 - The Birth of the Corps

King Charles II sanctioned the formation of the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime

Regiment of Foot the first Regiment to be formed specially for service afloat. The

regiment was raised mainly from the Trained Bands of the City of London from which

the Royal marines derive the privilege of marching through the City of London with

Colour flying, drums beating and bayonets fixed. The yellow strip in our present day

regimental flash commemorates the yellow uniforms of the Duke of York and Albany's Regiment.

Bootneck Military Honours

George Cross (GC)

1. L/Cpl Matthew Croucher RM, (Afghanistan)

Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC)

1. L/Cpl Justin Thomas RM, (Iraq)
2. Cpl John Thompson RM, (Afghanistan)
3. Mne James Malone (Afghanistan)
4. Mne Steven Nethery (Afghanistan)

The Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)

1. Cpl John Hiscock RM, (Iraq)

Military Medal (MM)

1. Trooper Robert 'Bob' Consiglio MM (22 SAS, ex RM) (Iraq)

Military Cross (MC)

1. Cpl David Beresford RM, (Iraq)

2. Capt Christopher Haw RM, (Iraq)

3. Capt Paul Lynch RM, (Iraq)
4. Mne Gareth Thomas RM, (Iraq)
5. Cpl Peter Watts RM. (Iraq)
6. Mne Ian Danby, (Afghanistan)
7. Corporal Willey RM, (Afghanistan)
8. Cpl Hewett RM, (Afghanistan)
9. Cpl Michael Cowe RM, (Afghanistan)
10. Mne Matthew Bispham, (Afghanistan)
11. Mne Daniel Claricoates, (Afghanistan)

12. Mne Daniel Fisher, (Afghanistan)

13. Sgt Jason Layton RM, (Afghanistan)
14. Cpl Simon Willey RM, (Afghanistan)
15. Capt James Knight RM, (Iraq)
16. Cpl Terry Knights RM, (Iraq)
17. Sgt Daniel Alan Fisher, RM (Afghanistan)
18. Sgt Steven Edmond Veale, RM (Afghanistan)

19. Maj A Morley, RM,(Afghanistan)

20. Sgt P Norris, RM, (Afghanistan)

21. Sgt D Sykes, RM, (Afghanistan)

22. Cpl R Lloyd, RM, (Afghanistan)

23. Cpl C Wetton, RM , (Afghanistan)

24. Mne M Jones, (Afghanistan)

25. Mne R Withers, (Afghanistan)
26. Mne Samuel Alexander (Afghanistan)
27. Cpl John Ballance RM (Afghanistan)
28. Cpl Richard Bateman RM (Afghanistan)
29. Maj Richard John Cantrill RM (Afghanistan)
30. Sgt Noel Gerard Connolly RM (Afghanistan)
31. Sgt Andrew Leaver RM (Afghanistan)

Mention in Despatches (MiD)

1. Capt Alan Barnwell RM, (Iraq)
2. Cpl Jack Broughton RM, (Iraq)
3. Mne Andrew Cullen, (Iraq)
4. Sgt Stephen Eaton RM, (Iraq)
5. Cpl Robert Storey RM, (Iraq)
6. C/Sgt Gary Patterson RM, (Iraq)
7. Sgt Ross Telford RM, (Iraq)
8. Cpl John Thompson RM, (Iraq)
9. Cpl James Twycross RM, (Iraq)
10. Capt Alistair Carns RM, (Afghanistan)
11. Mne Thomas Curry (K.I.A, Afghanistan),
12. Capt Duncan Forbes RM, (Afghanistan)
13. Maj Philip Gadie RM, (Afghanistan)
14. Mne Jonathan Hart, (Afghanistan)
15. Mne Alexander Hoole, (Afghanistan)
16. WO2 Robert Jones RM, (Afghanistan)
17. Cpl Adam Lison RM, (Afghanistan)
18. Mne Paul Mayfiled, (Afghanistan)
19. Capt Jason Milne RM, (Afghanistan)
20. Cpl Ashley Oates RM, (Afghanistan)
21. Second Lieutenant Richard Sharp RM, (Afghanistan)
22. WO2 Steven Shephard MBE RM, (Afghanistan)
23. Mne Matthew Smith, (Afghanistan)
24. Mne Daniel Gad Curtis, (Afghanistan)
25. Mne Kenten Luke Rademan, (Afghanistan)
26. Cpl William Daniel Sewell, RM (Afghanistan)
27. Sgt Stuart Frazer Rennie Wallace, RM (Afghanistan)

28. Maj D Manning, RM, (Afghanistan)

29. WO2 D Layton, RM, (Afghanistan)

30. Cpl G Banford, RM, (Afghanistan)

31. Mne G Ogden, (Afghanistan)
32. Cpl Russell Howard Coles RM (Afghanistan)
33. L/ Cpl Steven Daniel Fyfe RM (Afghanistan)
34. A/Cpl Adam Mabrouk RM (Afghanistan)
35. Cpl Samuel Joseph McCormick RM (Afghanistan)
36. Sgt James Ian Melhuish RM (Afghanistan)
37. Mne David George Middlemas (Afghanistan)
38. Cpl Scott Muir RM (Afghanistan)
39. Mne Iain Andrew Penrose (Afghanistan)
40. Cpl Mathew Silcock RM (Afghanistan)
41. Maj Nigel John Powell Somerville MBE, RM (Afghanistan)
42. A/Sgt Jason Paul Walker RM (Afghanistan)
43. Maj Andrew Patrick Leonard Watkins RM (Afghanistan)
44. Cpl Andrew Watt RM (Afghanistan)
45. WO2 Adrian Webb RM (Afghanistan)
46. Cpl Thomas Webster RM (Afghanistan)
47. Cpl Edward James Winslow RM (Afghanistan)
48. Mne Mark Adams (Afghanistan)
49. Mne Lee Tyers (Iraq)

Royal Marines Victoria Crosses

The Victoria Cross was instituted during the Crimean War by Royal Warrant on 29th January 1856 to honour extreme acts of valour carried out in the face of the enemy.Ten Victoria Crosses have been awarded to the Corps throughout their history.

Corporal John Prettyjohn
Royal Marines, HMS Agamemnon, Crimea, 1854

Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson
Royal Marines Artillery, Sebastopol, Crimea, 1855

Lieutenant George Dare Dowell
Royal Marines Artillery, HMS Ruby, Baltic Sea, 1855

L/Cpl Walter Richard Parker
Royal Marines Light Infantry, Royal Naval Division, Gallipoli, 1915

Major Francis John William Harvey
Royal Marines Light Infantry, HMS Lion, Battle of Jutland 1915

Major Frederick William Lumsden, DSO
Royal Marines Artillery, 15th Highland Light Infantry, Western Front, 1917

Captain Edward Bamford, D.S.O.
Royal Marines Light Infantry, 4th Battalion Royal Marines, Zeerrugge, 1918

Sergeant Norman Augustus Finch
Royal Marines Artillery, HMS Vindictive, Zeebrugge, 1918

Captain Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday
Royal Marines Light Infantry, HMS Orlando, Boxer Rebellion, Peking

Corporal (Temp.) Thomas Peck Hunter
43rd Royal Marine Commando, Lake Comacchio, Italy

Four Royal Marines awarded the Military Cross for Gallantry in Afghanistan.

L / R - Mne Danby MC, Cpl Willey MC RM, Cpl Hewett MC RM, Cpl Cowe MC RM

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

1. Brig James Dutton, RM, (Iraq)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1. Col Francis Howes RM, (Iraq)
2. Lt Col Peter Cameron RM, (Iraq)
3. Lt Col Richard Van Der Horst RM, (Iraq)
4. Lt Col Alan Lister RM, MBE, (Afghanistan)
5. Lt Col Charles Richard Strickland RM. (Afghanistan)
6. Brigadier Gordon Messenger OBE, DSO & Bar RM, (Iraq & Afganistan)
7. Col David Christopher Michael King RM (Iraq)
8. Col Peter George David Taylor RM (Iraq)
9. Lt Col Colin David Ward RM (Iraq)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

1. Sgt Simon Dack RM, (Iraq)
2. Maj Justin Holt RM, (Iraq)
3. Maj Dominic May RM, (Iraq)
4. Lt Col Ian Mark O’Donnell RM. (Iraq)
5. Maj Oliver Andrew Lee RM, (Afghanistan)
6. Lt Col Ewen Murchinson RM, (Afghanistan)
7. WO2 Martin Charles Reeves RM, (Afghanistan)
8. Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Edward Varnier Argles RM, (Iraq)

9. Maj M Bowra, RM, (Afghanistan)

10. Maj D Cheesman RM, (Afghanistan)

11. C/Sgt Telford, RM, (National Operations)
12. W02 Kevin John Cheesman RM, (Afghanistan)
13. Maj Adam Timothy Stephen Crawford RM, (Afghanistan)
14. Maj Tristan Harris RM, (Afghanistan)
15. Maj Ross Walker Preston RM, (Afghanistan)

Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O)

1. Brigadier Gordon Messenger OBE RM, (Iraq) (DSO and Bar)
2. Lt Col Matthew Holmes RM, (Afghanistan)
3. Brigadier Jeremy Thomas RM, (Afghanistan)

4. Lt Col S Birrell, RM, (Afghanistan)

5. Cpt Jamie Norman, RM, (Afghanistan)
6. Lt Col James Andrew John Morris, RM, (Afghanistan)

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (QCVS)

1. Lt Col George Gelder RM, (Iraq)
2. Maj Mark Hammond RM, (Iraq)
3. Maj Jon-Paul Hughes RM, (Iraq)
4. WO2 Garry Isaacs RM, (Iraq)
5. Capt Oliver Lee RM, (Iraq)
6. Capt Tristan Leyden RM, (Iraq)
7. WO2 Murdo MacKenzie RM, (Iraq)
8. Maj Paul Morris RM, (Iraq)
9. Cpl Anthony Phillimore RM, (Iraq)
10. Mne Michal Qarajouli, (Iraq)
11. Capt Gawain Ross RM, (Iraq)
12. Maj Jonathan Sear RM, (Iraq)
13. Lt Col David Summerfield RM, (Iraq)
14. Lt Col William Taylor RM, (Iraq)
15. L/Cpl Paul Tucker RM, (Iraq)
16. L/Cpl Nicholas Young RM, (Iraq)
17. Maj Matthew Churchward RM, (Afghanistan)
18. Lt Col Duncan Dewar RM,

19.Lt Col Charles Stickland RM, (Afghanistan)
20. Cpl William David Hayes, RM (Northern Ireland)
21. Capt Andrew Giles Goldsmith, RM RMR, (Iraq)

22. Colonel G Salzano, RM, (Afghanistan)

23. Maj P Lawton, RM, (Afghanistan)

24. C/Sgt I McDougall, RM, (Afghanistan)

25. Cpl L Houltram, RM, (Afghanistan)

26. C/Sgt G Gilchrist RM, MBE, (National Operations)
27. Sgt Derrin Mark Canterbury RM (Afghanistan)
28. Sgt James Horrocks RM (Afghanistan)
29. A/WO2 Garry Mason RM (Afghanistan)
30. Col Andrew Thomas Westenberg Maynard RM (Afghanistan)
31. Cpl Elvet Llewellyn Williams RM (Afghanistan)
32. Maj Julian Graham Wilson RM (Afghanistan)
33. Lt Col Matthew John Andrew Jackson RM (Iraq)

Queen's Commendation for Bravery (QCB)

1. Sgt Ian McDougall, RM, (National Operations)
2. Sgt Paul Andrew Norris, RM, (National Operations)
3. Cpl Gregory Llewellyn RM (Iraq)

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

1. Maj General Andrew Salmon OBE RM (Iraq)

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