New Year Honours 2008
Anton Setchell OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Assistant Chief Constable • Association of Chief Police Officers
Organisation: Association of Chief Police Officers
“For services to the Police.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2008
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Buckinghamshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2008- Role at the time
- lately Assistant Chief Constable, Association of Chief Police Officers
- Region
- Buckinghamshire
“For services to the Police.”
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“For services to the Police.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 272 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Assistant Chief Constable, Association of Chief Police Officers.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2008
Abda Parveen Sharif
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Legal Adviser
Adrian Paul Orchard
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Royal Navy
Adrian Roger Wyatt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hertfordshire
“For services to the Property Industry.”
Alan Charles Richard Lennon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Down
“for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.”
Alan Henry Puckridge Gillett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“For services to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and to the community in Ealing, West London.”
Alastair Jesse Head MacNish
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Renfrewshire
“for Scotland.”
Alexander Jamieson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Valencia Province
“For services to the Youth Justice System in Scotland.”
Alison Jane Watt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Edinburgh
“For services to Art.”
Alison Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Glasgow
“For services to Community Relations.”
Alison Mary McDonald
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Sussex
Senior Manager
Alison Richards
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Oxfordshire
“For services to UNICEF UK.”
Amir Kabal
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Staffordshire
“For services to Training and to the community in East Staffordshire.”
Andrew James Thomson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Norfolk
“For services to Higher Education.”
Andrew Keddie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Fife
“For public service.”
Andrew Kerry Pike
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Andrew Lake
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
Grade B1
Andrew Stewart Trotter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Kent
“For services to the Police.”
Angela’s Ursuline School
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
“For services to Education.”
Ann Beynon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
South Glamorgan
“For services to Business.”
Ann Marie Grinstead
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hampshire
“For public service.”
Anthony Clive Davies
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Lancashire
“For services to School Inspections.”
Anthony McGann
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Merseyside
“For services to the community in the Vauxhall and Kirkdale Districts of Liverpool.”
Antony’s College
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
“For services to Education.”
Audrey Ruth Burton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
North Yorkshire
“For charitable services in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008).
Published 29 December 2007.
Location (Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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