Retired BTP officer receives the Legion d'honneur

By Martin McKay, on June 18th, 2018%

William Tavendale at the Balhousie Castle ceremony.

Last Wednesday (13/06/2018), Retired Sergeant William Tavendale received the Legion d’honneur from the French Consul General. See the HistoryBank article – Retired BTP officer receives the Legion d’honneur – for details.

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Queen's Birthday Honours

By Martin McKay, on June 8th, 2018%

The History Group are very pleased to announce that Her Majesty the Queen has bestowed honours on two of our members:

BENJAMIN CLIFFORD, Special Chief Officer, British Transport Police receives a BEM for services to policing. JIM RENTELL, formerly Constable and Football Intelligence officer of Birmingham receives the QPM.

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