New Year Honours 2002
Barry Ross MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Organisation: Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade
“For services to the Fire Service.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2002
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2002- Role at the time
- Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade
“For services to the Fire Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 740 times in the New Year Honours List 2002 — about 57% of the list.
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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 Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2002
Abdul Karim Shakoor
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to Art in Manchester.”
Adrian Watt Ions
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the community, especially the Alnwick International Music Festival, in Northumberland.”
Advice Bureau in Kingston-upon-Thames
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
Surrey
Agnes Quinn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the community, especially Disabled Children, in Merseyside.”
Agnes Rennie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to Crofting in Lewis and Harris.”
Agnes Wilma Head
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to Guiding in Alnwick, Northumberland.”
Ajeet Singh Gill
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the community, especially Lions Clubs International, in Leicestershire.”
Alan Daysh
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the Defence Industry.”
Alan Garth Copcutt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
Alan John Rowe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the community, especially Hospiscare, in East Devon.”
Alan Kilbey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
Alan Robert Montgomery Cahill
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
Albert Percival Humphries
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the Fire Service.”
Alec Gordon Blackburn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to Health and Safety.”
Alessie McCrossan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the community.”
Alexander Macrae Duffy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the St John Ambulance Brigade in Nottinghamshire.”
Alison McNeil
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to Agriculture in Dumfriesshire.”
Allan Bryant Crawford
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
Allen Fyffe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to Mountaineering.”
Allison Stewart Melville
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to Guiding in Methven, Perthshire.”
Amanda Jane Sizer Barrett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to Export.”
Amelia Victoria Wright
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the War Widows Association.”
Andrea Theresa Bryan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
Andrew Bennett Ingram
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002
“For services to the Henley and District Agricultural Association, Oxfordshire.”
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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.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2002
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2002 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 2001.
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