The Royal Signals Institution (RSI) Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony

The award winners with the Master and Lt Gen Wooddisse

The Royal Signals Institution (RSI) held its annual dinner and awards ceremony in The Dorchester, Park Lane on Tuesday 12 November. The Master of Signals, General Dame Sharon Nesmith DCB ADC (Gen) presided over events and Lt Gen Sir Ralph Wooddisse KCB CBE MC, Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps was welcomed by the Institution’s Chair, Brigadier (Retired) Greg Wilson as the guest speaker. 370 people attended drawn from across Defence and Defence industry many of whom are Corporate Members. The Institution is a key component of the Royal Signals, enabling professional development, debate, education, and wider collaboration. This is only possible through the generous support of our Corporate Members and wider professional and charitable institutions. This enables the RSI to generate professional opportunities for our serving personnel. During the evening the Corps celebrated the professional achievements of some of its outstanding serving soldiers and officers.

The following were presented with awards:

Royal Signals Institution Silver Medal

Mr Jeremy Goldsmith
Training Development Team, Directorate of Information (Army)

SSgt (YofS (EW)) Neil Dillerstone
11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Surveillance Regiment Royal Logistic Corps

WO2 Graham Loney
10^th Signal Regiment

Master of Signals Award

Capt Olivia Flaherty
2^nd Signal Regiment

Capt Richard Lampard
Specialist Group Information Systems

WO2 (YofS (EW)) Matthew Jones
14^th Signal Regiment

SSgt Warren Slade
42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)

Sgt Padam Gurung
7^th Signal Group

LCpl Alexander Carey-Stephens
14^th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)

LCpl Zac Barnaby
255 Signal Squadron

Team Award: 10^th Signal Regiment

The Royal Signals Institution Medal for Adventurous Endeavour

Lt Joseph Lynch
10^th Signal Regiment