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MBE AWARD – GRAHAM COOK

By 11th January 2017 No Comments

MBE Award for Graham Cook

FA Albin & Sons and Albin International Repatriation are pleased to announce that a member of their staff was recognised in the Queens New Years Honours list.

Graham Cook Manager of Albin International was awarded the MBE for services to the Armed Forces.

Albins have held the contract with the Ministry of Defence for the repatriation of service personnel since 2002, Graham has been involved with the repatriations of service personnel since he joined the company in 2004, including deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq as well as attending many repatriation ceremonies at RAF Lyneham and RAF Brize Norton. He also assisted the Ministry of Defence in repatriating the victims of the Tunisia terrorist attack in the summer of 2015.

On hearing of his award Graham said ‘I feel incredibly honoured to have served the armed forces albeit in the saddest of circumstances. I am extremely humbled and proud to receive this award and wish to thank my family and colleagues for their support.’