1977 Special Honours

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.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Military Division Army

Brigadier Charles Peter Campbell (357612), late Corps of Royal Engineers.^[1]
Brigadier Richard Eustace John Gerrard-Wright, O.B.E. (407841), late The Royal Anglian Regiment.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division Army

Lieutenant Colonel Alan Malcolm Hinings, M.B.E. (430327), The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Military Division Army

Major Michael John Patrick Best (472489) Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Major Patrick James Cardwell Moore (470120) The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment).
Captain The Honourable Philip John Algernon Sidney (480760), Grenadier Guards.

George Medal (GM)

23898399 Staff Sergeant Roger Vardon Bruce, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

24090474 Corporal Alexander Hannah, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's).
24003947 Sergeant Edward Victor Young, The Cheshire Regiment.

Military Medal (MM)

24134224 Corporal (acting Sergeant) Patrick John Ralph, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment).

Mentioned in Despatches

Royal Navy

Commander Nicholas Humphrey Nowell Wright, Royal Navy.
Lieutenant John David Plummer, Royal Navy.
Major Christopher James Hickinbotham, Royal Marines.
Lieutenant Alexander Malcolm Mason, Royal Marines.

Army

23462661 Warrant Officer Class 2 Dennis Baron, Royal Corps of Transport.
Lieutenant Simon James Barry (497367), The Parachute Regiment.
Major Brian Baty, M.M. (480027), General List.
23256793 Staff Sergeant Malcolm Brian Jack Baughan, M.M., The Parachute Regiment.
24031261 Sergeant Victor Robert Bennett, Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
24017021 Sergeant (acting Staff Sergeant) Philip John Carr, The Cheshire Regiment.
24174457 Corporal John Roper Cavanagh, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars.
Captain Peter Mackay Dixon Coeshott (481623), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Major Graham Coxon, M.B.E. (461676), The Stafford- shire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's).
24153997 Corporal John Lawrence Eedle, The Cheshire Regiment.
Colonel John Wheatley Gray (377276) late The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Lieutenant Richard Edward Gillies (502671), The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
824129784 Lance Corporal Thomas Ashley Holloway, The King's Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel John Michael Jones (453508),Royal Horse Artillery.
Major Michael Clement Le Masurier (465795), The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Christopher David lloyd (449003), Corps of Royal Engineers.
Major Roger Patrick Miller (476395), The Parachute Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Stuart Morton (445926), The Parachute Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Paul Stephen Raybould Norman (500387) The Cheshire Regiment.
Major Alexander Douglas Morton Ogilvie (458722), The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Robert Parrish (414938), Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Lieutenant Colonel William Keith Lloyd Prosser, M.B.E., M.C. (449037), The Cheshire Regiment.
Major David John Venn (470165), Intelligence Corps.
824283821 Corporal Colin Arthur Wallbanks, The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's).
23689425 Warrant Officer Class 2 Colin Leslie Wilson, Intelligence Corps.

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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 2024 † Not issued
Prime Minister's Resignation Honours	1895 1905 1916 1923 1924 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 2019 2022 (Johnson) 2022 (Truss) 2024† † Not issued
Special Honours	1923 1952 1972 1973 1974 1977 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1987 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1999 2001 2004 2006 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Additional Honours	1911 (Delhi Durbar) 1953 (Korea) 1969 (Investiture of The Prince of Wales) 1990 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday)
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