New Year Honours 2016
Barbara Windsor DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to charity and Entertainment”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Miss Barbara WINDSOR M.B.E.
For services to charity and Entertainment
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to charity and Entertainment”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 14 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 1% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2016
Carolyn McCall
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Bedfordshire
“For services to the Aviation Industry.”
Georgina Mace
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to Science.”
Glenys Stacey (mrs. Kyle)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Heather Rabbatts
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Kent
“For public service and services to Football and Equality”
Henrietta Moore
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to Social Sciences.”
Hilary Wykes
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to Clinical Psychology.”
Jane Phillips
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to Drama.”
Judith Hackitt
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Oxfordshire
“For services to Engineering and Health and Safety”
Lesley Fallowfield
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
East Sussex
“For services to Psycho-Oncology.”
Margaret Whitehead
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Cheshire
“For services to Public Health.”
Natalie Sara Massenet
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to the Fashion and Retail Industries.”
Rosalie Winterton
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
South Yorkshire
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Susan Jowett
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Nottinghamshire
“For services to Education.”
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Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable 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.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2453979. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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