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The 2025 New Year Honours are appointments by King Charles III among 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 2025 were announced on 30 December 2024.
The 2025 New Year Honours list also included an MBE for ... not which member of the Royal Family will preside over the ceremony. ... service in the police force. King's Fire Service Medal.
A former Devon and Cornwall Police office has been awarded a medal in the New Year Honours. Retired Det Supt Mike West is one of the recipients of the King's Police Medal after serving 30 years ...
The current award was renamed the King's Police Medal following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 and the accession of King Charles III to the throne of the United Kingdom. Between 1909 and 1979, the medal was bestowed 4,070 times, for both gallantry and distinguished service, including dominion and empire awards.
January 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) As part of the British honours system , Special Honours are issued at the Monarch 's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours, political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Year Honours and ...
PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell has been awarded the King’s Police Medal. Recognising the honour, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said Mr Caldwell was the subject of a “cowardly ...
The 2025 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Charles III in his right as King of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. They were announced on 31 December 2024.
Women receive their honours in the same fashion as men receiving decorations or medals, even if they are receiving a damehood. Occasionally an award for gallantry may be made posthumously and in this case, the King or his representative presents the decoration or medal to the recipient's next-of-kin in private before the public investiture begins.