New Year Honours 2026
David Scott ARTHURTON, CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Royal Air Force • 2639075C
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2026 with the Companion of the Order of the Bath.
London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Military Division Ministry of Defence (Royal Air Force)
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Air Vice-Marshal David Scott ARTHURTON O.B.E.
2639075C
Royal Air Force
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Military service
Ministry of Defence- Division
- Military Division
- Service number
- 2639075C
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 1% of the list.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Year Honours 2026
Andrew Scott
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
“For services to Government and the Legislative Process.”
Colin Lee
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Parliament.”
Colum Boyle
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For Public Service.”
Daljit Rehal
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Technology and to Public Service.”
Gerald Strickland
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
James Parkin
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
Jeremy Matthew James Bennett
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
Joanna Shanmugalingam
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
Bath, Somerset
“For services to Transport and Innovation.”
Katherine Green
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Nicholas Joyce
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
East Grinstead, West Sussex
“For services to Transport.”
Richard Clarke
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
“For Public Service.”
Sarah Johansen
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
Sophie Dean
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Timothy Neal-hopes
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
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Where this record comes from
Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027367. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 31 December 2014.
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