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190 UK honours recipients recorded as chief officer.

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Honours awarded to recipients recorded as chief officer, by year and award tier.

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Air Force Cross42Queen's Fire Service Medal41Member Of The Order Of The British Empire33Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire19Queen's Police Medal14British Empire Medal13Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire12Imperial Service Order9Royal Red Cross3Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order1Companion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George1Distinguished Service Cross1Distinguished Service Order1

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190 people

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2025

Member (MBE)

Steven Cartwright
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Susan Rumbold
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire

Commander (CBE)

Ross Haggart
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Perth, Perth and Kinross

2023

Officer (OBE)

Gavin Mckinnon
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Tonbridge, Kent

2022

Member (MBE)

Thomas Reid
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Comber, County Down

2021

BEM

John Gallanders
Person
British Empire Medal · 2021
Wrexham, Clwyd
Kenneth Iredale
Person
British Empire Medal · 2021
Cobham, Surrey

Member (MBE)

Darren Taylor
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Norwich, Norfolk

2020

BEM

Cleo Smith
Person
British Empire Medal · 2020
Folkestone, Kent

Member (MBE)

Margaret Sutherland
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Denbighshire, Clwyd
Paul Jones
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

2019

Commander (CBE)

Ian Findlay
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Perth and Kinross

2018

Commander (CBE)

Jonathan Rouse
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Cheshire

2015

Member (MBE)

Deborah Potter
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Dorset
Linda Dellow
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Lincolnshire

2011

Member (MBE)

Malcolm David Pearson
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Norfolk

2010

Officer (OBE)

Mary Archer
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Essex
Susan Elizabeth Hall
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
North Yorkshire

2009

Member (MBE)

Geoffrey Charles Knupfer
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Durham
Nigel Francis Green
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Bedfordshire

2008

Medal

James Campbell
Person
Queen's Fire Service Medal · 2008

Officer (OBE)

John Bernard Barradell
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London

2005

Member (MBE)

Michael John Hedges
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2005

Commander (CBE)

Carol Vanessa Bernard
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2005

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