New Year Honours 2020
Christopher Kenny OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Chief Fire Officer • Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
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:
Christopher Noel KENNY Q.F.S.M.
Lately Chief Fire Officer, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Queen's Fire Service Medal · 2014
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Queen's Fire Service Medal
New Year Honours 2014- Role at the time
- lately Chief Fire Officer, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- lately Chief Fire Officer
- Region
- Prescot, Merseyside
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 262 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
36 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Merseyside.
What organisation were they with?
lately Chief Fire Officer.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2020
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Adrian Gault
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“For services to the Environment and to Tackling Climate Change.”
Agnes Gillespie
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“For public service.”
Alan Digman
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East Sussex
“For services to Government Security and to Charity.”
Alan John Smith
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Co. Londonderry
“For services to Education.”
Alan Sherry
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Motherwell, Lanarkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alastair Gibbons
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to Social Work.”
Alexander Williams
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London, Greater London
“For services to Economic and to Industrial Development.”
Ali Akbor
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to the community in Leeds.”
Alison Brenchley
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Wiltshire
“For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.”
Allison Ogden-newton
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Environment and to Social Enterprise.”
Andrea Pearson
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Brown
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St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to the Church.”
Andrew Browne
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Co. Down
“For services to victims and survivors of abuse.”
Andrew Donaldson
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Andrew Falvey
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Halls
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Jowett
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Education in Zambia.”
Andrew Neely
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Research and to University/Industry Collaboration.”
Andrew Trotter
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Angela Hughes
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Dyfed
“For services to Emergency Air Service in Wales.”
Ann Francke
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London, Greater London
“For services to Workplace Equality.”
Ann Gallagher
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London, Greater London
“For services to Museums and to Contemporary Art.”
Anne Osbourn
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Plant Science.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454922. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Queen's Fire Service Medal · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 31 December 2013.
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