Birthday Honours 2025
Alistair Edward BROWNLEE OBE
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
athletics competitor
“For services to Triathlon and to Charity”
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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
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Alistair Edward BROWNLEE M.B.E.
For services to Triathlon and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- athletics competitor
- Region
- Leeds, West Yorkshire
“Triathlete. For services to Triathlon.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2025- Role at the time
- athletics competitor
- Region
- Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Triathlon and to Charity”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 297 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
197 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
athletics competitor.
How widely is this recognised?
11,402 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4906047. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Leeds, West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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