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cement at the main breach. The repairs cost around £15M for the main breach plus another £20M
for the other works.
We then turned to the Military prizes:
Chief Petty Officer Graham Mawdsley was awarded the HMS LANCASTER
PRIZE. An enthusiastic, highly motivated and consummate professional,
Chief Petty Officer Mawdsley has delivered an exceptional performance
through what has been a challenging year for HMS LANCASTER. Following
his selection for promotion last year, he stepped up to run the
Communications Group in 2016. He adopted this new role with a number
of key engineers missing from his team; however, with seemingly endless
capacity he managed to fulfil his new management role while still delivering as an engineer at the
coalface to fill the gaps. Notwithstanding an exceptional performance in the technical sphere, it is
the care and compassion for those around him where he has made an immeasurable difference. His
team is widely recognised as the most cohesive and successful team on board HMS LANCASTER;
Corporal Dwayne Paul was awarded the Shafting and Shoring Cup.
Corporal Paul is a Section Commander. Throughout 2015 he commanded
the Engineering Support Team; in this role he was responsible for using
engineering and construction skills to build structures designed to mitigate
the impact of an explosion during the disposal of unexploded WW2 bombs.
This work is vital to reduce the risk to civilian personnel and infrastructure
and is commonly carried out on construction sites where bombs have been
uncovered due to excavation. Corporal Paul is specifically nominated having
commanded his team to ensure the safe disposal of several unexploded WW2 bombs in locations
including Wembley, Bethnal Green and Coventry. Corporal Paul’s ingenuity in the application of
engineering techniques has been exemplary and, furthermore, he has been able to deliver this under
the most demanding and stressful conditions.
Acting Corporal Chris Shaw was awarded the Air Commodore Dow Trophy.
He was a key figure in the dismantling of 2 sunshades at Mussanah Air Base,
Oman, in June 2015; not only drawing praise for his physical stamina and
hard-working ethics, but also in the way he questioned established
processes, resulting in a method to reduce damage to the sunshade skins
during the removal process being implemented. During the high profile build
of a combination of structures in support of the Operation SHADER Reaper
detachment, Shaw again came to the fore. Revelling in having command and control over his
subordinates, he ensured that his team were well supervised and took adequate breaks in the harsh
environment. His eye for detail on this, and other, tasks have enabled rapid solutions to emergent
problems to be put in place.

On 5 May the Court met at the RAF Club in Piccadilly. They and other members of the Company
th
then joined a number of our Companions (June Olley and Georgina Craig being the stalwarts here) at
a most enjoyable luncheon which was also held in the RAF Club where the food and surroundings
were thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.

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