Birthday Honours 2022
Alun Griffiths CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to the Construction Industry and to the community in Wales.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the Construction Industry and to the community in Wales.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
02 June 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Alun GRIFFITHS O.B.E.
For services to the Construction Industry and to the community in Wales.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Construction Industry and to the community in Wales.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 95 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
5 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Gwent.
How widely is this recognised?
12,550 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Ballynahinch, County Down
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Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Carnforth, Lancashire
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Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
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Windsor, Berkshire
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Windsor, Berkshire
“For services to the community in Windsor, Berkshire.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084061. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Location (Abergavenny, Gwent) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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