New Year Honours 2001
Charles Paul O’Kane MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the Fire Service and to the community.”
Timeline
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the Fire Service and to the community.
View the London Gazette page ↗Explore by field
Explore other people honoured in this field
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette page
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2001
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2001“For services to the Fire Service and to the community.”
Mark the occasion
Commemorate Charles's honour
Celebrate this recognition with a keepsake worthy of the achievement - free to share, beautifully made to keep.
New Year Honours 2001
Charles Paul O’Kane
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the Fire Service and to the community.”
Free
Shareable card
A digital card to post or send. Free, with the Honoria mark.
New Year Honours 2001
Charles Paul O’Kane
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the Fire Service and to the community.”
Keepsake · from £9.99
Digital download
Print-ready in every size (A5–A3 + US Letter), plus the official London Gazette notice and full issue PDFs. Add your own photo.
New Year Honours 2001
Charles Paul O’Kane
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the Fire Service and to the community.”
Print · from £5.99
Printed keepsakes
Mounted fine-art prints, tea towels and greeting cards - printed and posted.
Commemorating yourself or someone you know. Honoria is an independent record - not an official or royal body.
In context
The bigger picture
How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 746 times in the New Year Honours List 2001 — about 57% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2001
Abu Taher Mohammed Mohiuddin Chowdhury
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
Acker Bernard Stanley Bilk
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to Music.”
Action in Sutton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
Surrey
Adrian Cole
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
Advice Bureau in Pimlico
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
London
Agnes Morrison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to Forestry and to the community.”
Alan Charles John Pigott
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to the community in Bakewell, Derbyshire.”
Alan Henry Vincent
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to the Defence Industry.”
Alan Joseph Graham
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to Ship Safety.”
Alan Knight
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to Association Football.”
Alan Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
Alasdair Eoghann Adrian Rose
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“for Mathematics, ESPRC.”
Alastair Douglas Short
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to Health Care.”
Albert David Bertram
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to Cockermouth/ Marvejois town twinning.”
Alberto Santolaya Diaz
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
Alex McGowan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to Health and Safety.”
Alexander Alan Bain
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to the James Hopkins Trust for Disabled Children in Gloucestershire.”
Alexander Cowie Cumming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
Alexander John Taylor. lately Senior Agricultural Adviser
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to the Scottish Agricultural College.”
Alexander Walter Sutherland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
Alexander Wright
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to the community in Greater Easterhouse, Glasgow.”
Alice Ena Savage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to the North Hartlepool Partnership.”
Allan Jepson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For charitible services to the Leukaemia Research Fund in Cheshire.”
Alwyn Humphreys
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
“For services to Music in Wales.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2001
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2001 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 2000.
This page is compiled from public records and may contain errors. Report an error or request removal.