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Elizabeth Emblem Awards - 15th January 2026

Updated 14 January 2026

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His Majesty has approved the awarding of the Elizabeth Emblem to the next-of-kin of the public servants listed below. 

  • PC Alexander Napier, Liverpool City Police. Died 7 January 1948.
  • Ff Colin Hill, Sheffield Fire Brigade. Died 5 June 1950.
  • PC Arthur Gordon Jagger, West Yorkshire Police. Died 16 July 1951.
  • CFO James Henry Pilling OBE, Leeds City Fire Brigade. Died 20 May 1954.
  • PS Cyril Thoroughgood, Leicestershire Constabulary. Died 28 September 1956.
  • PS Hugh Carter, Herefordshire Constabulary. Died 28 September 1956.
  • Ff Archibald Darroch, Glasgow Fire Service. Died 28 March 1960.
  • Ff George Dick McIntyre, Glasgow Fire Service. Died 28 March 1960.
  • Gordon Campbell McMillan, Glasgow Salvage Corps. Died 28 March 1960.
  • DO John J Buist, Angus Area Fire Brigade. Died 13 April 1962.
  • PC David Protheroe Davies, Norfolk Constabulary. Died 13 January 1968.
  • Cons Samuel Derek Davison, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Died 2 June 1977.
  • Det Con John E Irvine, West Mercia Constabulary. Died 24 July 1977.
  • PC Philip Mark Sanderson, West Midlands Police. Died 10 August 1978.
  • John Murdie McTier, Northern Ireland Prison Service. Died 14 December 1978.
  • Patrick Mackin, Northern Ireland Prison Service. Died 3 February 1979.
  • Michael Cassidy, Northern Ireland Prison Service. Died 16 April 1979.
  • Res Con Robert Archibald, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Died 17 April 1979.
  • Supt Stanley Hanna, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Died 3 June 1979.
  • Edward Donald Jones BEM, Northern Ireland Prison Service. Died 19 September 1979.
  • Peter Bennett, HM Revenue and Customs. Died 19 October 1979.
  • William Wright, Northern Ireland Prison Service. Died 3 December 1979.
  • William Wilson, Northern Ireland Prison Service. Died 17 December 1979.
  • Ff Barry Trussell, London Fire Brigade. Died 21 May 1981.
  • Lf Robin John Gleeson, West Midland Fire Service. Died 19 August 1982.
  • PC Kenneth Adams, Hampshire Constabulary. Died 17 September 1982.
  • WPC Angela Bradley, Lancashire Constabulary. Died 5 January 1983.
  • Const John Robert Nelson Hallawell, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Died 28 October 1983.
  • PC Alexander Clive Negus, Suffolk Constabulary. Died 27 December 1983.
  • William McConnell, Northern Ireland Prison Service. Died 6 March 1984.
  • Sgt Hugh McCormac, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Died 3 March 1985.
  • Ff Bruce William Henry Carter, Norfolk Fire Service. Died 23 November 1985.
  • Cons Derek George Breen, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Died 11 February 1986.
  • Jonathan Irvine White, Blackpool Borough Council. Died 25 December 1986.
  • DC Terence George Glister, Norfolk Constabulary. Died 23 September 1987.
  • Ff Christopher William Betts, Norfolk Fire and Rescue. Died 1 December 1987.
  • PC Gavin Richard Carlton, West Midlands Police. Died 19 December 1988.
  • PC Laurence Peter Brown, Metropolitan Police. Died 28 August 1990.
  • DC Nicholas George Tabraham, Dyfed Powys Police. Died 18 October 1990.
  • Terence Edwin John Nursall, West Midlands Ambulance Service. Died 17 January 1993.
  • Const Jonathan Reid, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Died 25 February 1993.
  • WPC Sandra Edwards, South Yorkshire Police. Died 10 May 1995.
  • PC Robert Dallow, West Midlands Police. Died 17 December 1995.
  • Res Con David Andrew Johnston, Royal Ulster Constabulary. Died 16 June 1997.
  • PC Andrew Winterburn, West Yorkshire Police. Died 3 September 2003.
  • PC Bernard John Brown, Norfolk Constabulary. Died 6 September 2003.
  • Det Con Michael Swindells, West Midlands Police. Died 21 May 2004.
  • PC Alan McMurray, Lothian and Borders Police. Died 4 February 2006.
  • PC John Stephen Simmons, Bedfordshire Police. Died 5 August 2006.
  • Stephanie Ann Davies, Salford City Council. Died 11 September 2006.
  • David Edmund Black, Northern Ireland Prison Service. Died 1 November 2012.
  • PC John Christopher Alcock, Grampian Police. Died 7 October 2017.
  • Alice Olivia Clark, South East Coast Ambulance Service. Died 5 January 2022.
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