A volunteer from Lancaster has been awarded an MBE for services to mountain rescue.
Kevin Camplin was awarded the honour by King Charles III in the New Year's Honours List, published yesterday.
Mr Camplin was congratulated by Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team in a post on social media platform X.
Kevin served as their team leader from 2014 to 2023.
Prior to that he had been the training officer for three years and deputy team leader for two years - all voluntary and unpaid.
Congratulations to one of our former Team Leaders, @KevinCamplin, who has been awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Years Honours list for services to Mountain Rescue in Lancashire. pic.twitter.com/ZIxSgLupxT
— Bowland Pennine MRT (@BPMRT) December 31, 2024
"It is an unexpected honour to be awarded an MBE," said Kevin.
"It is as member of a team, alongside others, that provides all the support and delivery that means we can carry out our search and rescue activities within our communities."
He was part of the team's response to the Morecambe Bay cockling tragedy in 2004, one of the incident controllers for the Grayrigg train crash, the Storm Desmond flooding across Lancashire in 2015, and high profile missing person searches.
Shaun Gash, a paraplegic amputee adventurer from Lancaster, was also awarded an MBE in the King's Honours List.
Read more: Lancaster paraplegic amputee adventurer becomes MBE in New Year's Honours List - Beyond Radio
Allan Craig Muirhead of Carnforth has been awarded a British Empire Medal for services to the community of Kirkby Lonsdale.
Mr Muirhead is chair of the Kirkby Lonsdale and Lune Valley Community Interest Company, a not-for-profit organisation which campaigns on behalf of the town and runs a number of its facilities.


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