Royal Logistic Corps - Operational Honours

Operational Honours

Victoria Cross

The RLC has five Victoria Cross holders; these all derive historically from establishments that eventually became the Royal Corps of Transport.

• Private Samuel Morley VC. Military Train. 15 April 1858.
• Private (Farrier) Michael Murphy VC (forfeited and re-listed). Military Train. 15 April 1858.
• Assistant Commissary James Langley Dalton VC. Commissariat & Transport Department. 22 January 1879.
• Second Lieutenant Alfred Cecil Herring VC. Army Service Corps. 23 March 1918.
• Private Richard George Masters VC. Army Service Corps. 9 April 1918.

Albert Medal

The RLC has ten Albert Medal (lifesaving) holders from its former Corps. Two of the holders exchanged their Albert Medals for the George Cross in 1971.

• Lieutenant SA Rowlandson. Army Service Corps. 21 May 1916.
• Staff Sergeant TM Walton. Army Service Corps. 21 May 1916.
• Private A Anderson. Army Service Corps. 21 May 1916.
• Private JT Lawrence. Army Service Corps. 21 May 1916.
• Major LC Bearne DSO. Army Service Corps. 22 October 1916.
• Private AS Usher. Army Service Corps. 22 October 1916.
• Private A Johnson. Army Service Corps. 30 June 1918.
• Driver A Horne. Army Service Corps. 30 June 1918.
• Lieutenant G Rackham. Royal Army Service Corps. 27 October 1918. (Exchanged for GC)
• Private WC Cleall. Royal Army Service Corps. 11 August 1919. (Exchanged for GC)

George Cross

The RLC has eleven holders of the George Cross, six from the RAOC, one from the Royal Pioneer Corps and one from the Royal Army Service Corps. Three GCs have been awarded to members of the RLC.

• Lieutenant William Eastman GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 24 December 1940.
• Captain Robert Jephson-Jones GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 24 December 1940.
• Corporal James Scully GC. Royal Pioneer Corps. 8 July 1941.
• Major Kenneth Biggs GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 11 October 1946.
• Staff Sergeant Sidney Rogerson GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 11 October 1946.
• Driver Joseph Hughes GC. Royal Army Service Corps. 26 June 1947.
• Major Stephen Styles GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 11 January 1972.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 Barry Johnson GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 6 November 1990.
• Captain Peter Norton GC. Royal Logistic Corps. 24 July 2005.
• Staff Sergeant Kim Spencer Hughes GC, Royal Logistic Corps 19 March 2010.
• Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean Schmid GC, Royal Logistic Corps 19 March 2010.

George Medal The RLC has one hundred and fifteen holders of the George Medal from all of its former Corps, including nineteen from the Royal Army Service Corps, sixty-seven from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, thirteen from the Royal Pioneer Corps, one from the Army Catering Corps and fifteen to the RLC including one first bar. The first George Medals awarded to the RAOC were to Lieutenant R Chalkley and Captain DAS Martin on 13 December 1940 for conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in Great Britain and Gibraltar respectively.

• Private L McGariggle GM Royal Pioneer Corps 27 July 1951.
• Private A Hilton GM Royal Army Ordnance Corps 20 April 1954.
• Lieutenant Colonel MH Mackenzie Orr GM Royal Army Ordnance Corps 18 March 1974.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 JRT Balding GM Royal Logistic Corps 12 October 1993, this was the first GM awarded to a member of the newly formed Royal Logistic Corps.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 NB Thomsen GM Royal Logistic Corps 1995.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 A Islam GM QGM Royal Logistic Corps 1997.
• Captain R Baker GM Royal Logistic Corps, 2000
• Captain J Priestly GM Royal Logistic Corps, 2000
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Gary John O'Donnell, Royal Logistic Corps. 15 December 2006. O'Donnell was later killed by an IED whilst serving in Afghanistan. He was later posthumously awarded a second GM in March 2009 for "repeated and sustained acts of immense bravery" for his actions in Afghanistan in two separate incidents in May and July 2008.

• Captain DM Shepherd GM Royal Logistic Corps, 19 March 2010. Killed in Afghanistan whilst clearing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during his tour on Op HERRICK.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Karl Ley GM Royal Logisitc Corps 24 September 2010.
• Staff Sergeant BG Linley GM Royal Logistic Corps 25 March 2011. Killed in Afghanistan whilst conducting Improvised Explosive Device Disposal tasks during his tour on Op HERRICK in 2010.

Conspicuous Gallantry Cross

• Staff Sergeant JA Wadsworth CGC, Royal Logistic Corps. 7 March 2008

Military Cross Members of the RLC have received 6 awards of the Military Cross since 1993, 2 for actions in Iraq, the remainder for actions in Afghanistan.

• Lance Corporal DG Dickson MC Royal Logistic Corps (The Scottish Transport Regiment) Volunteers, 23 March 2005.
• Captain SD Bratcher MC Royal Logistic Corps, 24 March 2006.
• Major ID Scattergood MBE MC Royal Logistic Corps, 25 July 2008.
• Staff Sergeant GD Wood MC Royal Logistic Corps, 24 September 2010.
• Captain SA Scott MC Royal Logistic Corps, 25 March 2011.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 JL Palmer MC Royal Logistic Corps, 30 September 2011.

Queen's Gallantry Medal The RLC has one hundred and nine holders of the Queen's Gallantry Medal, two from the Royal Corps of Transport, sixty seven from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps including one first bar and forty to the RLC including two first bars.

• Captain G O'Sullivan MBE QGM, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 16 April 1984
• Warrant Officer Class 1 EL Bienkowski QGM Royal Army Ordnance Corps 14 April 1987
• Warrant Officer Class 1 RJ McLelland QGM, Royal Logistic Corps. 21 November 1994
• Warrant Officer Class 2 CRG Grant QGM, Royal Logistic Corps 11 September 2009
• Staff Sergeant J Lester QGM, Royal Logistic Corps, 11 September 2009
• Captain WEJ Owers QGM, Royal Logistic Corps, 19 March 2010
• Lance Corporal DJ Timmins QGM, Royal Logistic Corps, 19 March 2010
• Staff Sergeant WE McFarland QGM, Royal Logistic Corps, March 2011
• Captain JP Fidell QGM Royal Logistic Corps, 23 March 2012 - Capt Fidell has the honour of being the 100th award of the QGM to an Ammunition Technician/Ammunition Technical Officer IEDD Operator of the RAOC/RLC since the inception of the QGM in 1974.

Bar to Queen's Gallantry Medal

• WO1 GR Ferguson QGM*, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1986
• Captain EC Heakin QGM*, Royal Logistic Corps, 7 March 2008
• Captain VM Strafford QGM*, Royal Logistic Corps, 7 March 2008