Birthday Honours 2018
Ber Helfgott
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Ber HELFGOTT M.B.E.
For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Middlesex
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“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2018
Bernard Jenkin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For political and public service.”
Charles Saumarez Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to Art, to Architecture and to Culture in the UK.”
Christopher Dobson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Christopher Ham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to Health Policy and to Management.”
Christopher Husbands
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
South Yorkshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
David Haslam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dorset
“For services to NHS Leadership.”
David John Mark Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Douglas Flint
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
East Sussex
“For services to the Finance Industry.”
Geoffrey Tantum
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to British interests overseas.”
James Eadie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to the Law and to Government.”
James Hough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dunbartonshire
“For services to the Detection of Gravitational Waves.”
James Ratcliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Business and to Investment.”
Kazuo Ishiguro
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Literature.”
Kenneth Dalglish
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Merseyside
“For services to Football, to Charity and to the City of Liverpool.”
Leslie Ebdon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Hertfordshire
“For services to Higher Education and to Social Mobility.”
Lloyd Dorfman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Philanthropy and the Arts.”
Mark Rowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Surrey
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Preston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to UK/Spain relations.”
Simon Keenlyside
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Music.”
Simon Schama
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to History.”
Steven Cowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and to the Development of Nuclear Fusion.”
Tim Waterstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Bookselling and to charity.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 6,604 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Shelagh Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041279. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Location (Middlesex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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