[11] Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1984 New Year Honours List,[12] he served as Defence Services Secretary from 1985 to his retirement.
[2] On 9 March 1988 Peirse was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order,[13] and retired from the RAF on 16 June.
[14] In retirement, he was Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod between 1990 and 2002[15] and Registrar and Secretary of the Order of the Bath between 2002 and 2006.
After his first marriage was dissolved, he married Deirdre Mary O'Donovan in 1963; they had one son, who died (Richard b.
Following the death of his second wife he married Anna Jill Margaret Long (née Latey) in 1977.