New Year Honours 2008
Austen Mark Dixon MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Coastal Defences in East Anglia.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Coastal Defences in East Anglia.
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“For services to Coastal Defences in East Anglia.”
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“For services to Coastal Defences in East Anglia.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 664 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 56% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2008
Abdul Bary Malik
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Yorkshire
“For services to the Ethnic Minority Community in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”
Abila Pointing
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Merseyside
“For services to Community Relations in Liverpool and Manchester.”
Adam John Tarplee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
First Secretary
Adrian Charles Bowrey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Bristol
“For services to the Aerospace Industry.”
Adrian Lee Cox
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Royal Air Force
Adrian Woods
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Yorkshire
“For services to Disadvantaged Young People.”
Aileen Dodds-Parker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“For services to Young People through the Fairbridge Society.”
Alan David Savory
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hertfordshire
“For services to the Independent Park Home Advisory Service.”
Alan Hodgkinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Warwickshire
“For services to Football.”
Alan John Dixon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hampshire
Grade C1
Alan Lancaster
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Yorkshire
“For services to Shaw Cross Club for Young People, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.”
Alan Lindsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Tyne and Wear
“For services to the Sunderland Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.”
Alan Robert Potter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Wiltshire
“For services to Science.”
Alan Surtees
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hampshire
“For services to Young People through The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.”
Alastair Thompson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
East Sussex
“For services to the Police.”
Alexander Bulloch
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Midlands
“For services to the Birmingham War Research Society.”
Alexander McKenzie Condie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Fife
“For services to Social Housing in Fife.”
Alexander Naylor
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Lanarkshire
“For services to Athletics.”
Alison Roberts
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“For services to the Fashion Industry.”
Alison Suzanne Pockett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
“For services to the British Chamber of Commerce and charitable interests in Japan.”
Alun Davies
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Bristol
“for Organisations of Disabled People.”
Amajit Talwar
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Midlands
“For services to the Music Industry and to the community in the West Midlands.”
Aminul Hoque
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“For services to Youth Justice in East London.”
Andrea Margaret Shaw
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
South Yorkshire
“For services to Flood Rescue.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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Member 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 (Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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