New Year Honours 2011
Alison Jane WARD CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organisation: Torfaen County Borough Council
“Chief Executive,Torfaen County Borough Council. For services to Local Government.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive,Torfaen County Borough Council. For services to Local Government.
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“Chief Executive,Torfaen County Borough Council. For services to Local Government.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 101 times in the New Year Honours List 2011 — about 10% of the list.
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9 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Monmouthshire.
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How widely is this recognised?
2,602 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2010.
Location (Monmouthshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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