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62 UK honours recipients recorded as principal officer.

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

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British Empire Medal22Member Of The Order Of The British Empire22Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire13Distinguished Service Order3Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire1Imperial Service Order1

Year

202612025120221201712016120141201322010420092200812007120062200512004120021200112000119942199341992519913199011988119872198621985419842198321979119761197411973119713197011968219551

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Region

County Down2Essex1

62 people

2026

Officer (OBE)

Vivien Sanders
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chelmsford, Essex

2025

Member (MBE)

Lorraine Finlay
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Bangor, County Down

2022

Officer (OBE)

Mary Lemon
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Bangor, County Down

2017

Member (MBE)

Anjna Patel
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Staffordshire

2016

Officer (OBE)

David Hope-jones
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Edinburgh

2014

Officer (OBE)

Andrew John Basford
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Northamptonshire

2013

Member (MBE)

David Bradley
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Londonderry
Martin Gill
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Cambridgeshire

2010

Member (MBE)

Alan Farrer
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Cumbria
Elizabeth Robb
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
South Yorkshire
Paul Marsh
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Kent
Susan Ellis
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Kent

2009

Member (MBE)

Graham Pennington
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Greater Manchester
Stewart Leach
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Devon

2008

Member (MBE)

Martyn Thomas Noel Barnsley
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
East Riding of Yorkshire

2007

Member (MBE)

Kenneth Seed
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2007

2006

Member (MBE)

Gordon Edwin Everard
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006

Officer (OBE)

William Graham
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006

2005

Member (MBE)

Gerald Bee
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2005

2004

Officer (OBE)

Samuel Henry Cherry
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004

2002

Member (MBE)

Marian Ramsdale
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002

2001

Member (MBE)

Derek Hastings
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001

2000

Member (MBE)

Geoffrey Chester
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000

1994

Member (MBE)

Robert Stewart Angus
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1994

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