Churchill Medal winner

2011/12 winner announced.

2011/12 Churchill Medal Award Winner, Sgt Simon Nurse with previous years winner, Flt Lt David Ramsey, IET CEO Nigel Fine and IMechE CEO Stephen Tetlow at the PEIs Annual Defence Lecture, July 2012. The IET, working in partnership with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Royal Engineers and Society of Operations Engineers is proud to announce the 2011/12 winner of the Churchill Medal Award.

Sergeant Simon Nurse, 15th Signal Regiment (Information Support) Royal Corps of Signals, was chosen above many other quality nominations as this years’ recipient after demonstrating his outstanding contribution to the development of the Op HERRICK CORTEZ Network. His technical innovation and ingenuity served to drive forward the networking of situational awareness across the UK deployed operation, demonstrating his engineering knowledge and personal commitment to making a difference on operations.

Sgt Nurse was officially presented with his award, along with last years’ winner Flight Lieutenant David Ramsey at the annual Professional Engineering Institutions Defence Lecture held on Monday 2nd July at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) building in London.

Image: L-R Stephen Tetlow MBE, CEO of the IMechE , 2010/11 Award winner Flt Lt David Ramsey, Air Marshall Sir Kevin Leeson KCB CBE, 2011/12 Award winner Sgt Simon Nurse and Nigel Fine, CEO of the IET at the PEIs Annual Defence Lecture, July 2012.