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Gibraltar Medallion of Honour

The Gibraltar Medallion of Honour (GMH) is a civil award scheme established by the Government of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Its creation was announced in July 2008 by Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Peter Caruana. It ranks below the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar.

Award
The Gibraltar Medallion of Honour was created by a motion of the Gibraltar Parliament on the 18 July 2008 and is awarded annually by the Gibraltar Parliament on "living or deceased Gibraltarians and others who the Parliament considers have served and contributed to the interests of Gibraltar and its people in an exceptional manner that is particularly worthy of special recognition by the House on behalf of the people of Gibraltar". Once approved by Parliament, the awards are officially announced by the Mayor of Gibraltar on Gibraltar National Day. The Mayor then presents the recipients with the Medallions in a private ceremony held at a later date. In July 2011, the Gibraltar Parliament passed a motion allowing all Medallion recipients to use the post-nominal letters GMH after their name. ==Recipients==
Recipients
, Adolfo Canepa, recipient of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour in 2009. , Kaiane Aldorino, recipient of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour in 2011. 2008 Upon the award's establishment, the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour was bestowed, posthumously, upon the following persons: • Bernard Linares – for services to religion, trade unionism, education, public service and politics. 2011 The 2011 sole recipient of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour was: • Kaiane Aldorino – for personal achievement in becoming Miss World 2009. 2013 The 2013 sole recipient of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour was: • Perry Stieglitz – for his work defending Gibraltar's rights from the Gibraltar office in Washington 2014 The 2014 recipients of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour were: • Ernest Montado – for services to the public service and politics • John Alcantara – for services to the law and politics • Aurelio Montegriffo – for services to politics • Albert Poggio – for representing Gibraltar in the United Kingdom and amongst other UK Overseas Territories The 2014 recipients of the Gibraltar Medallion of Distinction were: • Ernest Lima – for services to public health • Dennis Matthews – for services to the people of Gibraltar • Fortunato Azopardi – founding member of the Self-Determination for Gibraltar GroupAdelaide Canessa – for services to education • Kevin Dobson (posthumous) – for services to education • Lionel Perez – for services to education and culture • Julio Alcantara – for services to the administration of education • Eugene Howes – for public service • Dennis Figueras – for public service • John Desoisa – for public service • Melvyn Farrell – for public service • Annie Risso – for her work in the establishment and development of the Special Olympics movement in Gibraltar • Charles Conroy – for his work in the establishment and development of martial arts in Gibraltar • Charles Flower – – for service to Sport • Eloise Mañasco – for her outstanding sporting achievements in Air Rifle shooting • Nathan Stagno – for his outstanding achievements in international umpiring • Joseph Hernandez – for services to sports • John Gonçalves – for service to Basketball • Christian Santos – for services to popular culture • Elio Victor – for services to young people • Marisa Desoiza – for services to Cancer Relief charities • Tobie Roosevelt – for services to Gibraltar in the Gibraltar American Council 2015 The 2015 recipients of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour were: • James Levy – for serving and contributing to the interests of Gibraltar and its people in an exceptional manner in particular for their services to the Community in the economic development of Gibraltar. • George Bassadone – for serving and contributing to the interests of Gibraltar and its people in an exceptional manner in particular for their services to the Community in the economic development of Gibraltar. • John Bassadone – for serving and contributing to the interests of Gibraltar and its people in an exceptional manner in particular for their services to the Community in the economic development of Gibraltar. • Felix Pizzarello – for his service to the public service in various ranks of the judiciary. • Anthony Dudley – for his service to the Community in various ranks of the judiciary and marking his appointment as the first Gibraltarian Chief Justice. • Joe Garcia – for his service to the Community in the fields of journalism and publishing. • Juan Carlos Perez – for his service to the Trade Union movement, politics, HM Government of Gibraltar and the development of telecommunications. The 2015 recipients of the Gibraltar Medallion of Distinction were: • Joe Schembri – for service to the sporting community in particular the Commonwealth Games Association in Gibraltar. • Mark Randall – for his service to the Royal Gibraltar Regiment and in particular his contribution to the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Benevolent Fund and other charities. • Mark Miles – for the international promotion of Gibraltar through outstanding professional achievement in his service to His Holiness the Pope, Pope Francis. • James Felices – for services to the youth and in particular the Cheshire Homes in Morocco. • Humbert Hernandez – for the successful abolition of conscription and the establishment of the Action Group for the Abolition of Conscription as well as the recording of that period in the history of Gibraltar in his book on the subject, Conscript or Convict. • Alfred Cortes – for the successful abolition of conscription and the establishment of the Action Group for the Abolition of Conscription. • Henry Pinna – for the promotion of the rights of those seeking housing in through Action for Housing. • Tommy Finlayson – for services in the recording of the history of Gibraltar. • Joe Gingell – for the recording of the history of the evacuation of Gibraltar and to local charities. • Juaquin Bensusan – for services to the Gibraltar Museum. • George Palao (deceased) – for services to the recording of the history of Gibraltar. • William Serfaty – for the promotion of the right to self-determination of the People of Gibraltar. • Joey Gabay (deceased) – for services in activism in defence of the rights of the political rights of the People of Gibraltar. • Joseph "Pepe" Romero – for services to education as the first Gibraltarian headmaster of Bayside School. • Mario Arroyo – for services to education and the arts. • Robert Balban – for services to the youth of Gibraltar and to local charities. • Leslie Zammitt (deceased) – for services to education and the performing arts. • Jenny Montegriffo – for services to education, latterly as Headmistress (now retired) of St Paul's School. • Henry Sacramento – for services to the community, in particular community policing, and the arts. • Mariola Summerfield – for creating awareness of women's issues • Carmen Gomez for outstanding achievements in the performing arts. • Brian Callaghan for services to tourism in the hotel industry. • Ernest Francis (Sr) – for services to tourism in the hotel industry. • James Bossino – for services to tourism in the hotel industry. • Georgina Cassar – for outstanding representation of Gibraltar in sport, in Rhythmic Gymnastics, as part of the United Kingdom Olympic Team in 2012. • Chris Walker – for services to Sport, in particular the Triathlon, and the outstanding representation of Gibraltar in international competitions including becoming World Champion in this sport. • Arturo Taylor – for services to sport, in particular shooting. • Joe Santos – for services to sport, in particular swimming and the coaching thereof. • Anthony Avellano – for services to sports journalism. • John Shepherd Snr – for services to sports journalism. • A B Massias – for his contribution to the economy of Gibraltar through property development. • Louis Peralta – for his contribution to the economy of Gibraltar through property development. • Lucio Randall – for his contribution to the development of telecommunications as managing director of Gibtel. • Charlie Fortunato – for his contribution to the development of telecommunications as managing director of Gibraltar Nynex Communications. • James Ferro – for his services to the development of the Port in Gibraltar and the welfare of seamen. • Robert Goldwin – for services to the Community in his role in the Public Services Commission. • Douglas Harrison – for his services to patients with kidney problems. • Salvador Perez – for services to the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Association as its chairman. • Rene Beguelin – for services to medicine and charities. • Olivier Wasnaire – for services to Gibraltar in the establishment and maintenance of a presence in Brussels. • Solomon Levy – for services to Gibraltar in the promotion of intercommunity understanding amongst different religions and cultures. 2019 The 2019 recipients of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour were: • Sohail Bhatti – for public health services during the COVID-19 pandemic • Kenelm Creighton (posthumous) – for protecting Gibraltarians during their World War II evacuation. ==The Roll of Honour==
The Roll of Honour
A roll of Medallion recipients is kept: the Roll of Honour. Every year the historical roll is published. Besides the recipients of the Medallion, all recipients of the Freedom of the City are automatically entered into the roll. • Gustavo Bacarisas (painter) • James Joseph Giraldi (doctor) • Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan (former Mayor and Chief Minister) • Sir Robert Peliza (former Chief Minister) • The Rt Revd Monsignor Patrick Devlin (former Roman Catholic Bishop) • The Baron Merrivale • The Lord Bethel • The Lord Hoyle JP ==References==
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