New Year Honours 2018
Bernard Lane OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Grade 6 • Crime Policing and Fire Group
“For services to Community Safety and Reducing Crime.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Community Safety and Reducing Crime.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Bernard Derek LANE
Grade 6, Tackling Crime Unit, Crime Policing and Fire Group, Home Office
For services to Community Safety and Reducing Crime.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Hertfordshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- lately Grade 6, Crime Policing and Fire Group
- Region
- Hertfordshire
“For services to Community Safety and Reducing Crime.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 252 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 18% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Grade 6, Crime Policing and Fire Group.
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
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Alan Giles
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Oxfordshire
“For services to UK Business and the Economy.”
Alison Sellar
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Aberdeenshire
“For services to Business in Scotland and Abroad.”
Alwen Lyons
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West Sussex
“For services to the Post Office and to Equality and Diversity.”
Andrew Battye
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Andrew Fry
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Oxfordshire
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
Andrew Shennan
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“For services to Maternity Care.”
Angela Thomas, (mrs. Brown)
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“For services to the Regulation of Public Health.”
Angus Clarkson
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“For services to furthering UK interests in Jordan and Syria.”
Annika Small
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Social Innovation and Digital Technology.”
Anthony Delahunty
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West Sussex
“For services to the Fishing Industry.”
Anthony O’hear
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London
“For services to Education.”
Antony Chapman
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Cardiff
“For services to Higher Education.”
Antony Pritchard
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Hampshire
“For services to the Royal Navy.”
Barbara Holm
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Adult Education.”
Barbara Rayment
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London
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Barbara Wickham
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“For services to UK/Bangladesh and UK/Pakistan cultural relations.”
Bartholomew Smith
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Berkshire
“For services to Young People.”
Bernice Mccabe
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London
“For services to Education.”
Brian Bowsher
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Dorset
“For services to International and National Metrology.”
Carol Garrett
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Suffolk
“For services to Business.”
Caroline Docherty
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Edinburgh
“For services to the Legal Profession and The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet.”
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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
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Michael Cooper
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Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
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Charles Entwisle
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Hazel Tomkins
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Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Carole Stevens
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
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Ian Scott
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North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
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Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
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Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
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London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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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
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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
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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
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
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Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
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Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2938091. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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