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HENDERSON, Robert McAusland

Warrant Officer Class 1
P048913L
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Robert Henderson M.V.O. was appointed M.B.E. (Military Divsion) 1 January 2022 [1].
  • 11 June 2021 (Bearer Party, Funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh) appointed M.V.O. [2]. 
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HOSKINS, Graham Anthony Clifford

Major (Local Lieutenant Colonel)
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
12 June 1982 (Captain / Local Major) appointed M.V.O. (Fifth Class) [1].
31 December 1987 (Major / Local Lieutenant Colonel) appointed O.B.E. (Military Division) [2].
 
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MOTTRAM, John Frederick

Major General
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Mentioned in Despatches
Major John Frederick Mottram was appointed O.B.E. (Military Division)  on 1st January 1969 [1].
  • 23 March 1972 - 20 February 1974  (Lieutenant Colonel) Commanding Officer 40 Commando RM [2].

QUILL, Raymond Humphrey

Colonel Raymond Humphrey Quill
Colonel
30 Commando Assault Unit
Royal Marines
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Legion of Merit (USA)
Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Humphrey Quill was the Commanding Officer of 30 Assault Unit from November 1944. A veteran of World War 1 he had served with the RM Brigade at the Dardanelles 1914/15 and on board HMS Lord Nelson from October 1916 to November 1918 [1]. 

SMILEY, David de Crespigny

Captain (later Colonel)
P/69082
52ME Commando
'Layforce'
Royal Horse Guards
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Bar to the Military Cross
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
  • 28.03.1941, Captain, 52 Middle East Commando, appointed to 'D' Company of 'D' Bn., Layforce at Geneifa [1][1a][1b].
  • 1941, Temporary Captain, Mentioned in Despatches in recognition of distinguished service in the Middle East [2].

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