New Year Honours 2014
Bernard Cook OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chairman
“Lately Chairman, The Royal British Legion Poppy Factory. For services to Ex-Servicemen and Women.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Chairman, The Royal British Legion Poppy Factory. For services to Ex-Servicemen and Women.
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Warwickshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2014- Role at the time
- Chairman
- Region
- Warwickshire
“Lately Chairman, The Royal British Legion Poppy Factory. For services to Ex-Servicemen and Women.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 296 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2014
Adrian Conleth Burns
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Royal Navy
Aideen Jones
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
East Sussex
“Lately Chief Executive, Southdown Housing Association. For services to People with Intellectual Disabilities.”
Alan Billings
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Alison Cunningham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
North Yorkshire
“Group Manager for Debt Contact Centres, Debt Management, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Debt Management and to the community in North Yorkshire.”
Alison Marjorie Wild
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Cheshire
“Lately Chair, Association of Heads of University Administration and Deputy Chief Executive, Liverpool John Moores University. For services to Higher Education”
Alison Mary Gilchrist
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Renfrewshire
“For services to Business and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Alistair George Speirs
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
“For services to British commercial and cultural interests and to charitable work in Indonesia.”
Allan Oliver Jagger
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
West Yorkshire
“For services to Training and Education of Young People through Kirdale Industrial Training Services and to charity in West Yorkshire.”
Allan Paul Marshall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Royal Air Force
Amanda Felicity Mackenzie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Aviva. For services to Marketing.”
Andrea Lee Hough
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Greater Manchester
“Managing Director, AT Engine Control. For services to Manufacturing.”
Andrew Alfred Banks
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Orkney
“Managing Director, Pentland Ferries. For services to Transport and the community in Orkney.”
Andrew Baxendine
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence.”
Andrew John Basford
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Northamptonshire
“Principal Officer, Manager Engineering Development, Serious and Organised Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement.”
Andrew Macfarlane Mills
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
late Corps of Royal Engineers
Andrew Richard Heyn
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
“For services to British interests in Burma.”
Andrew William Simons
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Bedfordshire
“Grade 7, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence Information Capability.”
Anissa Toscano
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Kent
“Consultant, Department for International Development. For Humanitarian services particularly in Syria.”
Ann Cadman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
South Yorkshire
“Director, The Source Skills Academy. For services to the community in South Yorkshire.”
Anne Owen Wozencraft
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
“For services to British education overseas.”
Anthony Bruton Meyrick Good
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
“For services to British business interests in India.”
Anthony Horowitz
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Author and Screenwriter. For services to Literature.”
Anthony Stephen Puckett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
“For services to British business in Singapore.”
Anthony William Stewart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Staffordshire
“Grade 6, Specialist Investigations Technical Team, Solihul, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to Tackling Tax Non-Compliance.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 981 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.”
Martin Kinsey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Military Personnel and their Families.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Andrew Burden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Defence, to Veterans and to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Maritime Safety.”
Richard Boswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wallington, Hampshire
“For services to Flood Defence.”
Donna Armstrong
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
“For services to Veterans and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
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.”
Frederick Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Larne, County Antrim
“For services to Military History in Northern Ireland.”
Heather Spence
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ware, Hertfordshire
“For voluntary services to Veterans.”
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.”
Margaret Pedder
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Armed Forces Families.”
Alexandria Page
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Armed Forces Community in London.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Lord
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“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.”
Heather Harrison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Defence.”
Nicholas Goddard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“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.”
Anne Carr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans.”
Stewart Booth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Samuel Boardman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hereford, Herefordshire
“For services to Defence.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 1 January 2014.
Location (Warwickshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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