Birthday Honours 2008
Brigadier Colin Andrew Findlay CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 2008 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2008
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 138 times in the Birthday Honours List 2008 — about 10% of the list.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2008
Alan Parker
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Surrey
“Chief Executive Officer, Whitbread Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
Allan Edward Cook
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Dorset
“Chief Executive, Cobham plc. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries.”
Andrew Maxwell Coppel
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Surrey
“Chair, Tourism Ireland Limited. For services to the Tourism Industry.”
Andrew William Reid
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Staffordshire
“Lately Divisional Manager, Institutional Inspections and Frameworks Division, Ofsted, Department for Children, Schools and Families.”
Angela Mason
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Lately Director, Women and Equality Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government.”
Ann Judith Lloyd
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Gloucestershire
“Head of Health and Social Services Department and Chief Executive NHS Wales, Welsh Assembly Government.”
Anthony Paul Rossi
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Norfolk
“For services to Heritage and to Conservation.”
Antony Hales
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Warwickshire
“Chair, Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. For services to the Armed Forces.”
Archibald Anderson Bethel
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Lanarkshire
“Lately Chair, Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire. For services to Business and to Economic Development in Lanarkshire.”
Bernard Borland
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Principal, St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College, Clapham. For services to Further Education in London.”
Bono Legal Services. Peter Raymond Noyce of Pharmacy Practice
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Brendan Foster
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Stocksfield, Northumberland
“Founder, Great North Run. For services to Sport.”
Brian Edward Mchenry
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Lately General Counsel, Office of Fair Trading. For public and voluntary service.”
Brian Magenis
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. For public and voluntary service.”
Brigadier Carew Lovell Wilks
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Brigadier Clive Richard Elderton
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Brigadier Iain Robert Thomson
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Bronwen Mary Curtis
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Northamptonshire
“Lately Civil Service Commissioner and Chairman, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. For services to the community.”
Business and to Charity. Brian Ion Duerden of Medical Microbiology
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
“For services to Medicine and to Charity.”
Charles Stuart Bell
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Chief Executive, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Christopher Kenneth Davidson
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Essex
“National Business Director, HM Revenue and Customs.”
Claire Ighodaro
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Surrey
“For services to Business.”
Colin McLeod Milne
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Inverness-shire
“President, Employment Tribunal, Scotland. For services to the Administration of Justice.”
Coun Mohammed Afzal Khan
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Greater Manchester
“For services to Community and Inter-Faith Relations and to Local Government in Manchester.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗ · View the page ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008).
Published 14 June 2008.
Retrieved from the London Gazette on 3 July 2026.
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