New Year Honours 2019
Adam Thomas MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Defence and Security Organisation Events Team
“For services to UK Defence and Security.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Adam Charles THOMAS
Senior Press Officer and Spokesman, Defence and Security Organisation Events Team, Department for International Trade
For services to UK Defence and Security.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Essex
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Defence and Security Organisation Events Team
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- Essex
“For services to UK Defence and Security.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 538 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 37% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Defence and Security Organisation Events Team.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2019
Abul Choudhury
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West Midlands
“For services to Education in Bangladesh.”
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London
“For voluntary service.”
Adrian Bowyer
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Wiltshire
“For services to 3D Printing.”
Adrian Page
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“For services to rugby in Guernsey.”
Ajay Gudka
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“For services to charity and to the community in Gujarat, India.”
Alan Boyd
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Down
“For services to the community in Belfast.”
Alan Head
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Gloucestershire
“For voluntary service to Young People.”
Alan Marsh
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to the Marine Society and to the Sea Cadets.”
Alan Murray
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Fife
“For services to Water Skiing.”
Alan Stoyel
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Herefordshire
“For services to Water Mill Heritage.”
Alan Tindale
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Albert Baldwin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
“For services to the community and to local services in St Helena.”
Albert Langston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
“For services to banking and Lay Magistracy in Gibraltar.”
Alexander (Sandy) Farquharson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Clackmannanshire
“For services to the Homeless, the Disabled and to Socially Excluded People.”
Alexander Gyasi
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London
“For services to the community in Haringey, London.”
Alison Durrands
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Allied Healthcare.”
Alison Hall
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Surrey
“For services to Victims of War in Northern Uganda..”
Alison Lea-wilson
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Anglesey
“For services to Business in Wales.”
Amali De Alwis
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“For services to Women in Technology.”
Andrea Armstrong
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Nottinghamshire
“For services to Law and Order.”
Andrea Nixon
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Merseyside
“For services to the Arts.”
Andrew Allen
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Belfast
“For services to veterans and their families in Northern Ireland.”
Andrew Barton
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Andrew Branston
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Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
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Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
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Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
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Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3177521. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 29 December 2018.
Location (Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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