New Year Honours 2026
Christopher Ordway CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2026 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Military Division Ministry of Defence (Royal Navy)
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Brigadier Christopher Norman ORDWAY
N029106C
Royal Marines
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Military service
Brigadier
Royal Navy- Division
- Military Division
- Service number
- N029106C
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 103 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 7% of the list.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Alice Coote
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“For services to the Arts.”
Andrew Mcnaughton
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Truro, Cornwall
“For services to National Infrastructure.”
Andrew Scott
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London, Greater London
“For services to Economics.”
Angela Salt
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London, Greater London
“For services to Girlguiding.”
Ann Mcneill
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London, Greater London
“For services to Research into Addiction and Mental Health.”
Antony Travers
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Buffini
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Weybridge, Surrey
“For services to Philanthropy and to Young People.”
Catherine Francis
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Buckhurst Hill, Essex
“For Public Service.”
Cathryn Riley
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Staines-Upon-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Business Leadership and Inclusion.”
Claire Burgess
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Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Children’s Social Care.”
Colin Booth
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Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
“For services to Further Education.”
Daniel Levy
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Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
“For services to Charity and the community in Tottenham.”
David Garbutt
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to the Health and Social Care Sector.”
David James Bickers
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David Kemp
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Hatfield, Hertfordshire
“For services to Auditory Sciences and Public Health.”
Deborah Jones
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Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Children, Young People and Families.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Dhruv Patel
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London, Greater London
“For services to Civic Leadership and to Charity.”
Dorothea Hodge
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London, Greater London
“For Parliamentary and Political Service.”
Edward Baker
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London, Greater London
“For services to Healthcare.”
Edward Holder
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Brooks
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London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027456. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
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