Birthday Honours 2023
Colin Weir CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 2023 with the Companion of the Order of the Bath.
London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Military Division Ministry of Defence (Army)
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotion in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Major General Colin Richard James WEIR D.S.O. M.B.E.
538226
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Military service
Major General
Army- Division
- Military Division
- Service number
- 538226
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The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 12 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Birthday Honours 2023
Adrian Baguley
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2023
Gloucestershire
“For services to Defence.”
Clive Maxwell
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Rail Transport.”
Emran Mian
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London, Greater London
“For services to Regeneration.”
James Higham
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Martin Clarke
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2023
Peterborough, Lincolnshire
“For Public Service.”
Paul Griffiths
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Philip Duffy
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2023
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, T.D.,
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2023
Shona Dunn
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2023
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Shona Riach
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2023
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Timothy John Hodgetts
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Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4377797. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
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