He was awarded the London Fire Brigade's highest gallantry award, The Chief Officers Commendation in 1990[1] and the Life Saving Medal of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem on 6 February 1991[2] for a rescue he performed on 23 December 1989,[3][4] whilst serving in the London Fire Brigade.

On 17 September 2010, he was admitted into the Worshipful Company of Firefighters and granted The Freedom of the City of London.

[5] In 2013, he was made a Member of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem making him the first person in Scotland to be both a member of the Order of Saint John and a recipient of the Live Saving Medal.

Scotland,[12] he was invested into the Order pro Merito Melitensi, in the grade of Silver Medal, on the feast of St John, held in the Brompton Oratory Church in London on 24 June 2016.

[13][14] In 2024, in recognition of continued service, he was awarded the Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi.