HAMPSHIRE County Council’s Armed Forces Champion has congratulated a council information analyst on being awarded the Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal in the New Year Honours list.
Adrian Keeble has been awarded the medal for exemplary Army Reserve service with 71st (City of London) Signal Regiment, rising to the highest non-commissioned rank of Warrant Officer Class 1.
Councillor Andrew Joy, the County Council’s Armed Forces Champion and Executive Member for Communities, Partnerships and External Affairs, said: “We are delighted at WO Keeble’s richly deserved recognition from the Queen for his dedication in serving our country. As a County Council we have proudly supported Hampshire’s Armed Forces communities for many years, including Reservists who play such a vital role in operations in the UK and overseas. He has done an incredible job for his country and the County Council is proud to have supported him. We are indebted to him, and Reservists like him, for serving the nation.”
Adrian, who has worked as an information analyst for the County Council’s Children’s Services Department since 2005, said: “I was honoured and delighted to receive the Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal, which was completely unexpected as there are only 13 medals of this nature given out each year."