The 2023 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2023 were announced on 30 December 2022.
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country whose ministers advised Charles III on the appointments, then by the honour and by the honour's grade (i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander, etc.), and then by divisions (i.e. Civil, Diplomatic, and Military), as appropriate.
The 2023 New Year Honours was the first honours list issued by King Charles III.
Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of the United Kingdom with honours within his own gift and with the advice of the Government for other honours. [1] [2]
Warrant Officer Class Two A Abdulrahman, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class Two G Barnes, Parachute Regiment
Warrant Officer Class Two I P Barrett, Parachute Regiment
Staff Sergeant T J Bartlett, Royal Corps of Signals
Warrant Officer Class One J D Bennett, Grenadier Guards
Warrant Officer Class Two M Braithwaite, The Light Dragoons
Warrant Officer Class One S J Chalmers, Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class One D Chant, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
Warrant Officer Class One D A Coombs, Adjutant General's Corps (Royal Military Police)
Warrant Officer Class One (now Warrant Officer Class Two) C M Cooper, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) (now Army Reserve)
Warrant Officer Class One R L A Edwards, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
Warrant Officer Class One (now Captain) B K Green, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Warrant Officer Class One B Gurung, Royal Gurkha Rifles
Warrant Officer Class One G W Hannah, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Warrant Officer Class Two J L Hartland, Queen's Royal Hussars
Warrant Officer Class One P L Henderson, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Warrant Officer Class Two K A Holland, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class Two J D Hopkin, Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class One M L J Kovacs, Army Air Corps
Warrant Officer Class One I Lamming, The Rifles
Warrant Officer Class One M D Lindsay, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class One S J Lingwood, Royal Army Physical Training Corps
Warrant Officer Class One (now Captain) M Lynch, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class One P MacGregor, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Staff Sergeant (now Acting Warrant Officer Class Two) J Machin, Royal Corps of Signals
Warrant Officer Class One Thomas S McComiskie, Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class One A R McLellan, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Warrant Officer Class Two P W Morey, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class One (now Captain) A M Murrell, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class Two N N Nakalevu, Ranger Regiment
Warrant Officer Class Two R S Pantrey, Royal Corps of Army Music
Warrant Officer Class Two (now Acting Warrant Officer Class One) W N Petersen, Ranger Regiment
Warrant Officer Class Two W R, Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class Two K L Robertson, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Warrant Officer Class One (now Captain) R S, Grenadier Guards
Warrant Officer Class One M Skinner, Parachute Regiment
Warrant Officer Class One C R Smith, Royal Corps of Signals
Captain C Sutherland, Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class Two J Tamang, Royal Gurkha Rifles
Warrant Officer Class One M S J Thompson, Corps of Royal Engineers
Warrant Officer Class Two C S Thomson-Hay, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warrant Officer Class One J Walker, Royal Logistic Corps
Warrant Officer Class One L S C Welden, Adjutant General's Corps (Royal Military Police)
Acting Warrant Officer Class Two P J Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps
Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of The Bahamas, on advice of His Majesty's Bahamas Ministers. [6]
His Majesty The King, Charles III, has recognised the following individuals in his annual 2023 New Year's Honours List: [7]
Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of the Solomon Islands, on advice of His Majesty's Solomon Islands Ministers. [8]
Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of Belize, on advice of His Majesty's Belize Ministers. [9]
Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of Antigua and Barbuda, on advice of His Majesty's Antigua and Barbuda Ministers. [10]
Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of Saint Christopher and Nevis, on advice of His Majesty's Saint Christopher and Nevis Ministers. [11]
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