Birthday Honours 2024
Carol Boys OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and to Research.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and to Research.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Carol BOYS
Chief Executive Officer, Down’s Syndrome Association
For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and to Research.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
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- Newton Abbot, Devon
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and to Research.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 272 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 20% of the list.
In their area
33 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Devon.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644914. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
Location (Newton Abbot, Devon) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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