Listed below are recorded the ships, orders, awards and commendations made to Officers, Men and Women of other branches of the British armed forces while serving on or operating from ships of the ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY SERVICE.
RFA Argus
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1991 Surgeon Commander (D) Geoffrey William Myers, L.D.S., Royal Navy
Air Force Cross
1999 Lieutenant-Commander Clive Rawson, Royal Navy.(810 Squadron FAA) 1999 Petty Officer Aircrewman John Banks, D206436A (810 Squadron FAA) 1999 Leading Aircrewman Michael Weston, D187460S (810 Squadron FAA)
Associate of the Royal Red Cross - 2nd Class
1991 Chief Nursing Officer Gillian Margaret Comrie, Q.A.R.N.N.S. 2003 Lieutenant Julian Peter Despress, Royal Naval Nursing Service
Queen's Commendation for Bravery in the Air
1999 Lieutenant-Commander Neil Hunter, Royal Navy (810 Squadron FAA) 1999 Lieutenant-Commander Kevin Dodd, Royal Navy(810 Squadron FAA) 1999 Lieutenant John Brotherton, Royal Navy (810 Squadron FAA) 1999 Chief Petty Officer Aircrewman Philip Davies, D176756N (810 Squadron FAA) 1999 Petty Officer Aircrewman Stephen Ivill, D197474V (810 Squadron FAA) 1999 Petty Officer Aircrewman Kevin Monk, D202632T (810 Squadron FAA)
RFA Bacchus
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1946 Lieutenant-Commander Lionel Hall, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Commendation
1916 Commander John E Edwards, RD, Royal Naval Reserve
RFA Berbice
Associate of the Royal Red Cross - 2nd Class
1917 Nursing Sister Marguerite Sarah Cockburn Gubb, Q.A.R.N.N.S. 1917 Nursing Sister Bertha Marion Martin, Q.A.R.N.N.S.
RFA Broomdale
Distinguished Service Medal
1943 Able Seaman Henry John Knowles, P/J 29842
RFA Cherryleaf
Mentioned in Despatches
1942 Chief Petty Officer William Thomas Bewers, C/J 31180
RFA Derwentdale
Distinguished Service Medal
1944 Acting Temporary Sergeant Albert Henry Hinton, PLY/21920 Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
1942 Motor Mechanic Edward Duke, D/MX69956
RFA Dewdale
Distinguished Service Medal
1943 Gunner George W. Tribble, 3251188 Maritime Royal Artillery
Mentioned in Despatches (Posthumously)
1943 Sergeant Archie McIntyre Bell, 2909212, Maritime Royal Artillery
Mentioned in Despatches
1943 Acting Sergeant William Charles Maynard, PLY/18397, Royal Marines 1943 Temporary Acting Petty Officer Edward Ayton, C/J 94299
RFA Engadine
Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
1982 Lieutenant-Commander David Rutherford Larmour, Royal Navy (737 Squadron FAA) 1982 Lieutenant John Desmond Connell, Royal Navy (737 Squadron FAA) 1982 Lieutenant Andrew Timothy Healey, Royal Navy (737 Squadron FAA) 1982 Lieutenant Matthew Paul Jennings, Royal Navy (737 Squadron FAA) 1982 Lieutenant Martyn Reid, Royal Navy (737 Squadron FAA) 1982 Sub-Lieutenant Richard John Churchley, Royal Navy (737 Squadron FAA)
Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct
1982 Petty Officer Aircrewman Kevin John Mathews, D129250D (737 Squadron FAA )
1982 Leading Aircrewman Paul Thomas Newman, D149501E (737 Squadron FAA)
RFA Ennerdale
Distinguished Service Cross
1943 Lieutenant James William Whittall, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Distinguished Service Medal
1944 Temporary Acting Petty Officer Walter Crotty, P/J37257 1944 Bombardier Raphael Leonard Gerrish, 1687318, Sixth Regiment, Maritime Royal Artillery
Mentioned in Despatches
1944 Temporary Acting Petty Officer William Ian Musgrove, D/JX 190519
Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct
1971 Lieutenant-Commander Brian Harold Lithgow Braidwood, Royal Navy (Fleet MCDO – Far East Fleet)
RFA Empire Salvage
Mentioned in Despatches
1941 Temporary Electrical Lieutenant Stanley Edmund Jenner, G.M., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1941 Temporary Lieutenant Brian Toller Whinney, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
RFA Gray Ranger
Distinguished Service Medal
1942 Petty Officer George Alfred Bright, P/JX 165000
RFA Maine
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1937 Surgeon Captain William Bradbury, D.S.O., M.B., B.Ch., Royal Navy
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
1942 Surgeon Lieutenant Herbert William Clegg, M.B., Ch.B., DPH, R.N.V.R.
Royal Red Cross - 1st Class
1951 Matron Barbara Nockolds, Q.A.R.N.N.S.
Associate of the Royal Red Cross - 2nd Class
1946 Nursing Sister Ellen Hally, Q.A.R.N.N.S. (Reserve) 1951 Miss Dorothy Haig, Head Naval VAD, Nursing Member 1952 Senior Nursing Sister Margaret Kay Walshaw, Q.A.R.N.N.S.
British Empire Medal
1951 Leading Sick Berth Attendant John William King, C/MX786882
Mentioned in Despatches
1942 Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander (D) Leslie Robert Armstrong, L.D.S., Royal Navy 1942 Sick Berth Petty Officer Townsend, C/M 29133 1942 Temporary Leading Sick Berth Attendant Sidney Frederick Gross, C/MX 45493 1943 Sick Berth Attendant Albert Eric Broughton, P/MX 73197 1945 Temporary Acting Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander John Francis Ryan, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., M.B., B.S., D.A, R.N.V.R. 1945 Sick Berth Petty Officer John Clarkson, P/MX.71105 1945 Leading Sick Berth Attendant Thomas Jones, P/SBRX.6781 1945 Sick Berth Attendant William Francis Bunn, P/MX.79043 1946 Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer (Temporary) Sidney Frederick Gross, C/MX.45493 1951 Surgeon Captain Thomas Bernard Lynagh, M.B., Ch.B., Royal Navy
Legion of Merit, Degree of Legionnaire (USA)
1953 Surgeon Captain Thomas Bernard Lynagh, M.B., Ch.B., Royal Navy
RFA Racer
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
1918 Warrant Shipwright Ernest Charles Miller, Royal Naval Reserve
Distinguished Service Cross
1919 Warrant Shipwright Ernest Charles Miller, M.B.E., Royal Naval Reserve
British Empire Medal
1924 Chief Petty Officer Albert Balson, D.S.M., O.N. 211943 (Po) 1924 Chief Petty Officer Richard Stubbington, O.N. 228562 (Po) 1924 Chief Petty Officer Augustus Henry Dent, O.N. 215995 (Po) 1924 Chief Petty Officer Charles Petty, O.N. 231808 (Po) 1924 Petty Officer William Light, O.N. 225900 (Po) 1924 Leading Seaman Ralph Victor Jordan, O.N.J. 18637 (Po) 1924 Leading Seaman Leonard Ernest Mayes, O.N.J. 21500 (Po) 1924 Able Seaman Michael Maddison, O.N.J. 12916 (Po) 1924 Able Seaman Frederick Maskell, O.N. 212281 (Po) 1924 Able Seaman Horace Morgan, O.N.J. 17234 (Po)
RFA Sea Salvor
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1955 Commander Charles Gerald Forsberg, Royal Navy
RFA Sir Galahad
Distinguished Service Cross
1982 Lieutenant-Commander Nigel Arthur Bruen, Royal Navy 1982 Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Sinclair Clark, Royal Navy 1991 Lieutenant Steven Michael Marshall, Royal Navy 1991 Lieutenant Anthony Peter Williams, Royal Navy Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
1991 Chief Petty Officer (Diver) Philip John Hammond, D138513P
Distinguished Service Medal
1982 Colour Sergeant Michael James Francis, Royal Marines, P021992F 1991 Acting Petty Officer (Diver) Richard John Peake, D152966X 1991 Acting Petty Officer (Diver) Andrew Seabrook, D194020L
Military Medal
Sergeant Derrick Sidney Boultby, Royal Corps of Transport Guardsman Stephen Mark Chapman, Welsh Guards Lance Corporal Dale John Loveridge, Welsh Guards Sergeant Peter Hurcliche Rene Naya, Royal Army Medical Corps Warrant Officer Class 2 Brian Thomas Neck, Welsh Guards
Queen’s Gallantry Medal
1982 Lieutenant John Kenneth Boughton, Royal Navy 1982 Lieutenant Philip James Sheldon, Royal Navy
Mentioned in Despatches
Lance Sergeant David Graham, Welsh Guards 1991 Leading Seaman (Diver) Steven Anthony Fitzjohn, D195673C 1991 Leading Seaman (Diver) John Forsyth McFarlane, D172288C 1991 Able Seaman (Diver) John Steven Ravenhall, D202798P
RFA Sir Lancelot
Distinguished Service Medal
1982 Chief Petty Officer (Diver) Graham Michael Trotter, D089894B
RFA Wave Knight
Order of Merit (Dominican Republic)
2007 Lieutenant Matt Tazewell, Royal Navy (815 Squadron FAA) 2007 Lieutenant Alastair Thompson, Royal Navy (815 Squadron FAA)
RFA Wonganella
Distinguished Service Order
1917 Lieutenant-Commander Basil J D Guy, Royal Navy
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