Birthday Honours 2005
Adrian Leonard Mears CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Technical Director • QinetiQ
Organisation: QinetiQ
“For services to the Defence Industry.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2005
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2005- Role at the time
- Technical Director, QinetiQ
“For services to the Defence Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 108 times in the Birthday Honours List 2005 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Technical Director, QinetiQ.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2005
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“For services to Industry.”
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“For services to Science.”
Afzal Khushi
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“For services to Business in Scotland.”
Alan Anthony Jackson of Human Nutrition
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“For services to Public Health and Nutrition.”
Alastair Cox Dempster
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“For services to Sport in Scotland.”
Alastair David Arton Duncan
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Alison Jane Brimelow
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“For services to Intellectual Property Law.”
Andrew Kevin Foster
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“for Ecology and Hydrology, Natural Environment Research Council.”
Andrew Philip Cowling
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Anna Gregor
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“For services to Medicine.”
Anthony Attwood
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Assistant Director
Anthony Kenneth Allum
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“For services to British business interests in Iraq.”
Anthony Laurance
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Senior Civil Servant
Anthony Terence Quincy Stewart
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“For services to Irish History.”
Arnold Julian Butler
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Director
Arthur McFerran
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“For services to the IT Industry in Northern Ireland.”
Basil Lewis D’Oliveira
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“For services to Sport.”
Beatrice Margaret Saner
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“for Management and Policy Studies, Cabinet Office.”
Branden Lawrence Heselton
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Royal Navy
Brian May
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“For services to the Music Industry.”
Christina Ann Baxter
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“For services to the Church of England.”
Christine Alexandra Mayer
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“for the North West, H.M.”
Christine Davies
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“For services to Education.”
Christopher Norman Wright
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“For services to the Music and Entertainment Industries.”
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“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
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“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
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Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
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“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
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Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2005
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2005 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 11 June 2005.
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