My date at Buckingham Palace.
 

As some of you know I got an MBE in the New Years Honours List. Last week I had the priviledge of getting my award presented.

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And "The Ninja"

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:D

Nice one, was it Charles or The Queen??

My father had Charles for his MBE.

What did you get it for?

Very posh.

:notworthy looking good there Cap'n MBE :)

Neither, Princess Royal, Anne. Had a really good chat as her ex-was an officer in my old lot before I jumped ship.

I received the MBE for support to the families of soldiers killed or wounded in Afghanistan and the Gulf as a Visiting Officer, nearly in double figures now.

Good effort trooper........LOL there nothing better than seeing shed loads of dong's along a mans breast........A friend of mine Martin Miles from the Welsh Guards has a load and has to have a line above and 1 below to get them all on him.......

Well done on your acheivement not many people can hold one of those up not many at all..........

Well done to you there Ian, well deserved for all the work that you have put into such a difficult area of the job. Well deserved indeed :)

The medal looked great when I had a look on Saturday :cool:

Pass my regards to Martin, I looked after one of the Welsh Guards, we have history, he's a top bloke.

My brother in law served with him as well
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Hats off to you fella, easy to sit back and do naff all.

Very well done Ian, you do a job that I would imagine none of us envy.

As others have already said this is a very well deserved honour for you for all the hard work and support you have put in (and I would imagine in the background so to speak) dealing with families at a very difficult time, we are all proud of you. :notworthy

Ta everyone.

But there are loads of other who have done what I have done, 364 for Afghanistan alone at the last count and that's just operational stuff.

They also deserve something.

HERO. Iv done 5 operational tours and lost some good friends over the years. Some right infront of my own eyes.

People (especially civvies) don't understand how hard it is to walk up someone's drive and give them the bad news that a loved one has died or been badly injured on Ops. Heroes like you make a massive difference.

Hats off to you mate......UBIQUE!

Well done Ian, very pleased for you:thumb:

I didn’t know you had earned an MBE, you and the family must be very proud mate.

I have to be honest, you have my respect 110% and I am genuinely pleased for you, well done!:notworthy

well done mate well deserved :notworthy :thumb:

:notworthy Well done Ian :notworthy
Something else to polish now:cool:

you are the sort of person that makes me proud to be british

hats of to you and congrats to you and the all the other boys and girls in the forces around the world

we support you

Well done and well deserved Ian. I can only echo the comments of those above, a fantastic achievement :thumb:

Well done Ian, well deserved for all your efforts.:thumb:

nice one congratulations , as in the earlier post you said about the others , thats important to think of them and the job they do , well done

congrats fella:thumb:

Congratulations Ian.:notworthy
Well deserved and great to see you get the recognition you deserve.
I appreciate your service and the service of all those who stand beside you.
And as already mentioned, the fallen will never be forgoten.

Taffy

Well done Ian, tremendous achievment, yourself and your family must be very very proud. Hats off to you :notworthy

May i also say that "The Ninja" looks very glamorous:cool:

Well done Ian, i was wondering when you were actually going up. Looking very smart too may i add. Nice to see your getting a bit of recognition for the hard work you and many like you do, congratulations buddy, well deserved. :thumb:

Oh and ditto on the "Glamorous Ninja" :D

well done Ian :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy i think you just like the whole dressing up thing :lol1: as last time i seen a pic of you dressed up you were white with a bald head minus the light bulb :D

Well done Ian, hats off to you mate:thumb:

Sussed!:lol:

:norty::norty: i knew it :lol1::lol1:

Well done :) Excellent work - well deserved !!! ;)