2023 Special Honours

• The Right Honourable The Baroness Ashton of Upholland, GCMG – 23 April 2023[14]
• The Right Honourable The Lord Patten of Barnes, CH – 23 April 2023[14]

• The Right Honourable Sir Edward Young, GCVO – 15 May 2023[15]

Honorary

• His Excellency Frank-Walter Steinmeier – President of Germany – 29 March 2023[16]

• Her Excellency Marcella Liburd, JP – On her appointment as Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis – 5 February 2023[17]

• The Right Honourable Sir Edward Young, KCVO – 15 May 2023[18]

• Peter Gates, MVO – on his relinquishment of the appointment of Finance Manager, Royal Collection Trust – 8 May 2023[19]

Civil division

• Angela Ahrendts, DBE – 18 January 2023 – Honorary appointed in 2013 to be made Substantive[20]
• Professor Adrian Hill, KBE – 18 January 2023 – Honorary appointed in 2021 to be made Substantive[20]

Civil division

• Bryn St. Pierre Parry – For services to members of the Armed Forces, Veterans and their Families – 8 February 2023[21]

Honorary

• Professor Peter Halligan – Former Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales. For services to neuropsychology research and to science in Government.[22]

Military division

• Lieutenant Colonel Oliver James Stead, Army Air Corps – in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field – 14 April 2023[23]
• Lieutenant Colonel Simon Paul Worth, Royal Tank Regiment – in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field – 14 April 2023[23]

Honorary

• Alina Cojocaru – Ballet Dancer. For services to Ballet[22]
• Colonel Joachim Nils Göran Isacsson – Assistant Head 2, Futures and Strategic Analysis Programme, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre. For services to the UK/Sweden defence relationship[22]
• Ravindra Limaye – Managing Director, Wockhardt UK. For services to health, particularly during COVID-19[22]
• Dr Margaret McGuire – Nursing and Midwifery Council member (Scotland); former Executive Nurse Director, National Health Service, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland. For services to the National Health Service[22]

Military division

• Lance Corporal Elizabeth Duggleby-Cantrell, Intelligence Corps– in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field – 14 April 2023[23]
• Captain Darren Johnson, The Royal Dragoon Guards – in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field – 14 April 2023[23]
• Staff Sergeant Jodi Marie Johnson, Intelligence Corps – in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field – 14 April 2023[23]
• Major Mark Richard Hort Player, The Royal Logistic Corps – in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field – 14 April 2023[23]
• Major Lauren Frances Shepherd, The Royal Logistic Corps – in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field – 14 April 2023[23]
• Acting Warrant Officer James William Putland, Royal Air Force – in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field – 14 April 2023[23]

Honorary

• Anthony Barclay – Volunteer, RNIB. For services to visually impaired people in Northern Ireland[22]
• Mridula Chakaborty – Principal Engineer, TUV NEL Ltd . For charitable services to the Asian community in Scotland[22]
• Ayşen Guven – Director for Education, British Council, Turkey. For services to cultural relations between the UK and Turkey[22]
• Dr William Hardy – Senior Medical Officer, Ascension Island Government. For services to the Health and Well-being of the Ascension Island Community[22]
• Dr Aoife Hunt – Market Leader, Movement Strategies (a GHD company). For services to the COVID-19 response[22]
• Ahmad Shoaib Jawad – lately British Council Project Manager, English for Security and Defence, Afghanistan. For services to English language training[22]
• Stefan Kitanov – Founder and Director, Sofia International Film Festival. For services to UK film in Bulgaria[22]
• Kazumasa Kuwahara – Senior Advisor to International Nuclear Services, Japan (INSJ). For services to the UK nuclear industry in Japan[22]
• Ross McMahon – Chief Executive Officer, Kendal Nutricare (Kendamil). For services to international trade and the community in Kendal, Cumbria[22]
• Dr Sarah Meisch Lionetto – lately Director of Arts and Creative Industries, British Council, Singapore. For services to British arts and inclusivity in Singapore[22]
• Mattur Nandakumara – Executive Director, The Bhavan. For services to the teaching, performance and accessibility of Indian classical arts in the UK[22]
• Gorazd Vecko – Performance Director, Paralympics GB Table Tennis. For services to Paralympics Table Tennis[22]

These are the last recipients to be awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery; all subsequent recipients receive the King's Commendation for Bravery.[24]

For his actions during the terrorist attack at the Learning Together event in Fishmongers’ Hall, London on 29th November 2019.[25]

• Adam Roberts

For rescuing the occupants of a vehicle that crashed and caught fire on the A38 on 21st June 2021.[25]

• Ed Durante
• Craig Jones

For rescuing her neighbour from a house fire on 28th January 2020.[25]

• Bardha Kola

For rescuing a distressed man from the River Irwell on 17th February 2018.[25]

• PC Mohammed Nadeem

For rescuing a woman from a fatal house fire on 1st January 2019.[25]

• Kenneth Wood
• Rafal Majchrzak

For rescuing a motorist from their vehicle following a head on collision on 11th May 2019.[25]

• Andrew Lax

For attempting to save the life of a fellow soldier, who was critically injured by a herd of charging elephants, in Malawi on 5th May 2019.

• Lance Sergeant Robert John Padgham, Coldstream Guards – 14 April 2023[23]

• Ann Elizabeth Cable, MBE DL – 7 February 2023[33]

• John Andrew Armitt – 7 February 2023[33]
• Dr Cheryle June Berry, MBE – 7 February 2023[33]
• Reverend Stephen Alastair Blakey – 7 February 2023[33]
• Dr Dale Cartwright, JP – 7 February 2023[33]
• Lieutenant General Richard John Cripwell, CB CBE – 7 February 2023[33]
• Michael Robert Crosbie – 7 February 2023[33]
• David Miles Davies – 7 February 2023[33]
• Meryl Catherine Dean – 7 February 2023[33]
• The Reverend Neil Norman Gardner – 7 February 2023
• The Right Reverend Bishop Andrew William Lindsay Hedge – 7 February 2023[33]
• Georgina Alice Holloway – 7 February 2023[33]
• Sir John Wilfred Peace, CBE – 7 February 2023[33]
• Professor Sir Keith MacDonald Porter – 7 February 2023[33]
• Simon Aeneas Mackintosh – 7 February 2023[33]
• Dorothy Noelene Marks – 7 February 2023[33]
• William Ramsay McGhee – 7 February 2023[33]
• Professor Paul Mealor – 7 February 2023[33]
• Christopher George Reynolds – 7 February 2023[33]
• Susan Jean Sheldon, JP – 7 February 2023[33]
• Andrew Ian Smith – 7 February 2023[33]
• Diane Margaret Smith – 7 February 2023[33]
• Agnes Gray Taylor – 7 February 2023[33]
• Peter Gerard Tranter – 7 February 2023[33]
• Sheriff George Alexander Way of Plean – 7 February 2023[33]
• The Reverend Louis Zampese – 7 February 2023[33]

- appointments 7 February 2023[33]

- appointments 7 February 2023[33]