List of British special constables awarded honours

The honours awarded by Her Majesty, The Queen 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 Queen's official birthday, once per year as a special supplement for the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service on 2 June, 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 Queen'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 Queen's Award for Voluntary Service allow for the use of the abbreviated post-nominal letters after the individuals name. Special Constables are also eligible for the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal after 9 years service as a volunteer Police Officer.

Invested Honour Recipients

Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Rank Name Force Awarded Date
Patrick Kurt Heisel [1]Metropolitan PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours14 June 2013
Chief OfficerJohn Bernard BarradellMetropolitan PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2008
Chief Officer Peter Howells[2] Gwent Police Queen's Birthday Honours 11 June 2005

Member of the Order of the British Empire
Rank Name Force Awarded Date
Special Chief Inspector Derek Alan May[3][4] Kent Police New Year Honours 1 January 2019
Special Sergeant Robert Victor Harrild Metropolitan Police 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 [5] Dorset Police Queen's Birthday Honours 13 June 2015
Assistant Chief Officer Derek Hopkins [6] Essex Police New Year Honours 1 January 2015
Special Constable Paul Harrison [6] Metropolitan Police New Year Honours 1 January 2015
Special Superintendent Alistair Borland [7] Thames Valley Police Queen's Birthday Honours 14 June 2014
Special Constable John Giles [7] Metropolitan Police Queen's Birthday Honours 14 June 2014
Area Officer Trevor Spence [1] Lancashire Constabulary Queen's Birthday Honours 14 June 2013
Special Constable Alistair Iain McFadyen [8] West Yorkshire Police New Year Honours 1 January 2014
Special Inspector Patrick Otto Rarden [8] City of London Police New Year Honours 1 January 2014
Simon Paul Bale [1] Avon and Somerset Constabulary Queen's Birthday Honours 14 June 2013
Area Officer Brian William Hewlett [1] Gloucestershire Constabulary Queen's Birthday Honours 14 June 2013
Special Constable Martin John Hovenden [9] Sussex Constabulary New Year Honours 1 January 2013
District Officer Richard John Ashwin Owen [9] Hampshire Constabulary New Year Honours 1 January 2013
Special Constable John Michael Tupman [9] Wiltshire Police New Year Honours 1 January 2013
Chief Officer Alan William Paul Brown [10] Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Queen's Birthday Honours 16 June 2012
Chief Officer Glyn Gardner [10] Warwickshire Constabulary Queen's Birthday Honours 16 June 2012
Special Sergeant Brian Rodney Hunter [10] Lincolnshire Police Queen's Birthday Honours 16 June 2012
Special Constable John Wood [10] Avon and Somerset Constabulary Queen's Birthday Honours 16 June 2012
Chief Officer Mrs Beryl Lynn Hodgson [11] Hampshire Constabulary New Year Honours 1 January 2012
Special Inspector Peter William Kellett [11] Lancashire Constabulary New Year Honours 1 January 2012
Special Sergeant Gurcharan Singh Dhesi Metropolitan Police 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 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
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

Medallist of the Order of the British Empire
Rank Name Force Awarded Date
Chief Officer Cairn Frederick Newton-Evans[12][13][14] Dyfed-Powys Police New Year Honours 1 January 2019
Special Superintendent Howard Rayner[15][16] Essex Police New Year Honours 1 January 2019
Special Inspector Kenneth Avery[17][18] Hampshire Constabulary New Year Honours 1 January 2019
Special Sergeant Jared Simpson[19][20] Greater Manchester Police New Year Honours 1 January 2019
Special Sergeant Charles Pearson[21][22] West Mercia Constabulary New Year Honours 1 January 2019
Special Sergeant Alan Smith[23][24] 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 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 [5] Greater Manchester Police Queen's Birthday Honours 13 June 2015
Chief Officer David Robinson [6] Cleveland Police New Year Honours 1 January 2015
Special Constable John Ayers [6] Metropolitan Police New Year Honours 1 January 2015
Special Constable Kevin Derrick Lee [7] Staffordshire Police Queen's Birthday Honours 14 June 2014
Michael David Roberts [8] Cumbria Constabulary New Year Honours 1 January 2014
Area Officer David Clifford John Kingsnorth [1] Suffolk Constabulary Queen's Birthday Honours 14 June 2013
Divisional Commandant Raymond May Greater Manchester Police New Year Honours 1 January 1992

Queen's Police Medal

The Queen's Police Medal is only awarded to Special Constables in Scotland – at present, Special Constables across England and Wales are not eligible for the QPM.

Rank Name Force Awarded Date
Special Constable Andrew Gillies [25] Police Scotland Queen's Birthday Honours 13 June 2015
Special Constable Marshall Moyes [26] Police Scotland New Year Honours 1 January 2015
Special Constable Hugh Duncan [11] 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 Grampian Police Queen's Birthday Honours 13 June 2008

Queen's Award for Voluntary Service


The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK. Any group of 2 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.[27]

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[27]

Volunteer groups should have been running for 3 years or more to be nominated.[27]

Winners get a certificate signed by the Queen and a domed glass crystal. Representatives from the group may also be invited to attend a royal garden party.[27]

Special Constabularies Awarded the QVS
Force Date
Kent Police – Special Constabulary 2 June 2014
Greater Manchester Police – Special Constabulary 2 June 2018

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