New Year Honours 2009
Catherine Ann ARCHER OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Lately Chief Executive, West Yorkshire Police Authority. For services to the Police.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Chief Executive, West Yorkshire Police Authority. For services to the Police.
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“Lately Chief Executive, West Yorkshire Police Authority. For services to the Police.”
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“Lately Chief Executive, West Yorkshire Police Authority. For services to the Police.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 232 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
197 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Yorkshire.
How widely is this recognised?
925 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2009
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Dorset
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Adam Suddaby
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Leicestershire
“Vice-Principal, Leicester College. For services to local and national Further Education.”
Adrian Oswald Wynn Cave
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“For services to the community in Ealing, London.”
Aileen Mcglynn
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Glasgow
“Cyclist. For services to Disabled Sport.”
Alan Edward Deighton
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“Lately Safety Advice Manager, Department for Transport.”
Alexander Stephen
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Dundee
“Chief Executive, Dundee City Council. For services to Local Government.”
Andrew Charles Hutchinson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Cambridgeshire
“Executive Principal, Parkside Federation, Cambridgeshire. For services to Education.”
Anis Rahman
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Middlesex
“For voluntary service to Bangladeshi People.”
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Londonderry
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Hertfordshire
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Asha Khemka
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Staffordshire
“Principal and Chief Executive, West Nottinghamshire College. For services to Further Education.”
Ben Jeffrey Peter Summerskill
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“For services to Equality and Diversity.”
Bernard Lewis
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Buckinghamshire
“For charitable services.”
Boni Patricia Sones
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Broadcasting and to the Public Relations Industry.”
Brian Mccargo
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Belfast
“For services to Sport and to the Special Olympics in Northern Ireland.”
Brian Richard Calvert Kemp
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Gloucestershire
“For services to International Trade in the South West.”
Brian Wentworth Sinnamon
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Antrim
“Business Manager, Judicial Services Group, Northern Ireland Court Service, Ministry of Justice. For public and voluntary service.”
Brig Peter Neil Ralli Stewart-Richardson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Norfolk
“For services to Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan and to the Army Benevolent Fund in Norfolk.”
Brigadier John Hemsley
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Somerset
“For voluntary service to the St John Ambulance Brigade and to the community in Somerset.”
Captain Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox
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West Sussex
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Carl Henry Lis
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Lancashire
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Carole Eniffer
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London
“Policy Adviser, Violent Crime Unit, Crime and Drug Strategy Directorate, Home Office.”
Carole Snee
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
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Caroline Elizabeth Breakey
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Armagh
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Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
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Michael John William Leonard
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Solihull, West Midlands
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Scott Caswell
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
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Janice Bulfield
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Fordingbridge, Dorset
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Neil Barclay
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London, Greater London
“Civilian Librarian, HM Prison Thameside, Serco Ltd. For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation”
Peter Wilford Williams
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Police Education and Training”
Brian Phillip Whitaker
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London, Greater London
“Police Staff, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing and to National Security”
Maria Angela McNICHOLL
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London, Greater London
“Development Manager, St Giles. For services to Prisons and Prisoners”
Kyle Gordon
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Swanley, Kent
“Police Sergeant, British Transport Police. For services to Transport Policing”
Victoria Eccleston
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Preston, Lancashire
“Senior Probation Officer, National Probation Service. For services to Women on Probation”
Ian Drysdale
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Ashford, Kent
“Deputy Chief Officer, Kent Police. For services to Policing”
Karen Jayne Andrew
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“Magistrate West Glamorgan Bench and Independent Monitoring Board Member HM Prison Swansea. For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Mary Poole
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“Assistant Chief Officer, Devon and Cornwall Police. For services to Policing”
David Barry Dein
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Founder, The Twinning Project. For services to Football and to Charity”
Andrea Elaine Bennett
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Preston, Lancashire
“Regional Probation Director, North West Probation HM Prison and Probation Service. For services to Probation”
Terence Woods
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Darwen, Lancashire
“Deputy Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing”
Paul Taylor
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Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“Police Chief Scientific Adviser, National Police Chiefs' Council. For services to Science in Policing”
Serena Margaret Kennedy
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Lately Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing”
James Thompson
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Northumberland
“Special Constable, Northumbria Police. For services to Policing”
Kanti Karsan Pindoria
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London, Greater London
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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