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Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Maj Gen SJM Graham VR CB
Major General Graham commissioned into the Territorial Army in 1986, and subsequently transferred to the Regular Army in 1988 deploying on seven operational tours before he retired in 1997 and re-joined the Reserves. He was selected to become Director of Reserves in 2020 following his previous roles as Head of Reserves Personnel and Deputy Commander at 1 (United Kingdom) Division. Major General Graham has been the driv- ing force at the very centre of transforming the Army’s Reserve Forces and their integrated role in the Army’s ‘Future Soldier’, for both deployed operations and UK Resilience. He has over- seen huge transformations in the Reserves, bringing together the Integrated Review with Reserves Forces 2030.
Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Maj OV Churton MBE
Citation withheld.
The recipient has shown outstanding cour- age and dedication while on operations.
Chief of the General Staff ’s Commendation
Maj HGS Foster
Major Henry Foster’s dedication, exceptional professionalism and untiring excellence have been critical to the Army and to Defence over the last two years.
During a period of strategic instability and change, Maj Foster’s contributions to the Army’s work in delivering against the Integrated Review have been beyond outstanding in every respect. He is the Army’s unrivalled expert on the organisation of the components of the service which are employed in the delivery of essential outputs within the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and Strategic Command. His work has demanded and demonstrated superb skills in complex stakeholder negotiations, the manage- ment of conflicting processes and an eye for detail and efficiency that has resulted in long term savings to Defence.
As the staff officer charged with leading work to manage the ‘rightsizing’ of the parts of the Army that reside under the com- mand of the other parts of Defence, Maj Foster has been required
to assimilate, analyse and account for the military organisation of over 10,000 people. Under the Integrated Review this number is due to reduce by over 1,000, and he has been tireless and relent- less in managing the impact. He has worked hand in hand with those who own the outputs of these parts of the Army to ensure that the soldiers involved are enabled and supported by organisa- tional structures that allow them to excel on a daily basis. At the same time, he has retained a focus on the need for the Army to deliver this excellence against Defence outputs while providing the best possible value for money. This is a challenging balance to find and has required a mastery of technical detail and an agility of mind that has enabled him to deal with issues ranging from the organisation of Defence’s helicopter force to medical services, to chaplaincy. Given this complexity and the diversity of the stake- holder landscape it is an incredible achievement that he has not only identified where the reductions are most appropriate but has also developed and implemented the plan to deliver them.
The organisational strategy departments of the other services have sought his judgement and assistance on a weekly basis. He has unfailingly put the needs of others before himself and ren- dered help above and beyond anything I have seen before on the staff. His workload has been enormous, and he has epitomised the value of selfless commitment to the Army and to Defence. Major Henry Foster’s service over this period has undoubtedly been essential to the delivery of the most fundamental change the Army has undergone in decades. He has led well-beyond his authority and his conduct has been exemplary.
General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division’s Commendations
Cpl T Longshaw
Corporal Longshaw established and lead the KRH Competition Sniper Team, securing third place in the Divisional Sniper compe- tition in Summer 2021. This performance resulted in the team being invited to rep- resent the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division and the Army at the Tri Service Sniper Competition in September 2021. Where they finished 4th of 8.
Honours and Awards
These achievements
the more impressive when considering the following factors. The team had to borrow and loan equipment, far from ideal in a pro- fession where precision and familiarity with individual weapon systems means so much. The team had only the bare minimum of training, having passed the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade’s Sniper Operator Cadre a year beforehand and had since only trained at a two-week event laid on by 1RGR to prepare their own team for the first of the competitions. There exists no corporate
alone are worthy of recognition. They are all