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Devon’s recipients announced in Her Majesty’s New Year Honours List 2019
Honoured in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours List are:– Commanders of the Order of the British Empire: Professor Barbara Jane Elliott Officers of the Order of the British Empire: Michael Ernest Charles Lock, Paul William Netherton, David John Shirgley, Christian Cook....
Grania Phillips DL attended the Tree Planting in Flashdown Woods in Egglesford Forest on Monday 9th December
Grania attended the tree planting event on behalf of HM Lieutenancy, pictured above with all the other guests. Lord and Lady Clinton together with Sir Harry Studholme unveiling the plaque commemorating the planting of the avenue of trees.
Remembrance Services attended by HM Lieutenancy in November 2019
HM Lieutenancy attended numerous acts of Remembrance around the County. Thursday 7th November Mary King MBE DL attended a Remembrance Concert in Beer Congregational . Friday 8th November Brigadier Simon Young attended the Plymouth Remembrance Festival at Plymouth...
Visit to HighGround, Bicton College
HM Lord-Lieutenant, David Fursdon and Rosalie visited HighGround a charity working with Bicton College to deliver a course for ex military people to have an insight into Land based employment. The land-based sector is ideally suited to motivated,...
HM Lord Lieutenant of Devon held an Investiture at County Hall, Exeter on Friday 11th October 2019
H M Lord Lieutenant of Devon, David Fursdon awarded honours to the following people: - Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) was awarded to Professor Frank Land for services to the information system industry. Medallist of the Order of the...
HRH The Duke of Kent celebrates 150 years of Salcombe RNLI
On the 21st September, the actual 150th birthday of the RNLI in Salcombe, Salcombe and Kingsbridge were honoured with a visit from His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent during the 50th year of his presidency of the RNLI. His Royal Highness accompanied by The Rt Hon The...
HRH The Duke of Cambridge visits Harcombe House to celebrate National 999 Day – 9th Sept 2019
The visit to Harcombe House started with a briefing on The Fire Fighters Charity, founded in 1943, is the primary Charity providing support to the fire and rescue service community in times of need providing ‘whole person’ health and wellbeing services...
HRH Princess Royal unveils Merchant Navy Monument on 3rd Sept at Plymouth Hoe
HRH The Princess Royal was in Plymouth for the third time this year to unveil a monument dedicated to the Merchant Navy and UK fishing fleet. Firstly, she unveiled the new monument at a ceremony on The Hoe and subsequently attended a reception at the Crowne Plaza. The...
Mark Parkhouse DL attends the annual Fishing Feast at Burrator Reservoir 13th July 2019
Mark Parkhouse DL attends #[email protected] in June 2019
Their HRH’s Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visit Devon 16th & 17th July 2019
Their Royal Highnesses arrive in Tavistock and are escorted into the Artisan Food and Drink Market where they visit various stalls together Her Royal Highness arrives at the Donkey Sanctuary by car and attends an engagement to celebrate the charity’s 50th...
Philip Tuckett Deputy Lieutenant of Devon attended St Johns Ambulance Service on 30th June
Philip Tuckett DL attended service and awarded certificates to St John's Ambulance winners
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Devon cuts commemorative spitfire cake for 75 year since D Day at Brixham
Remembering a year ago at Little Pod
12 months ago today! Janet receiving LittlePod’s Queen’s Award for Enterprise (Sustainable Development) from David Fursdon, Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Devon.
Major Colin Pape, MBE, Deputy Lieutenant unveiled a plaque in Dawlish 28th June 2019
A ceremony was held at Dawlish War Memorial on Friday 28 June at which the Deputy Lieutenant of Devon unveiled a plaque with 13 names missing from the existing memorial. For reasons better known a century ago, the memorial did not include, amongst others, a sailor...