New Year Honours 1997
Correlli Douglas Barnett CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Military History.”
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“For services to Military History.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 113 times in the New Year Honours List 1997 — about 9% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1997
.Richard Wright Shaw
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“For sevicesto Higher Education.”
Abraham Kenneth Snowman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to the Fine Arts and for charitable services.”
Alan James Kearney
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Royal Air Force
Alan John Bannister
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Royal Navy
Alasdair Donald MacDuff Liddell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Alison Norman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Health Care.”
Allen Short Matheson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Architecture.”
Amyand David Buckingham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For servicesto Science.”
Andrew Neil Morrison
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“for Scotland.”
Andrew Rodney Dare
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Milk Marque and to the Dairy Industry.”
Angus John MacDONALD
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Broadcasting.”
Anthony David Ball
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Anthony George Hurst Withey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to the Employment of Disabled People.”
Anthony Michell Howard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Journalism and to Broadcasting.”
Anthony Stephen Close
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Health Education.”
Antony Angus Nicholson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Archibald MacLAREN
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Arthur S. Jones
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Agricultural Education.”
Ashley Ernest George Truluck
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Aubrey Rose
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Community Relations.”
Barbara Fitzgerald Harvey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Medieval History.”
Basil Richard Ryland Butler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to the Oil Industry and to the Royal Academy of Engineering.”
Bowen Leung Po-wing
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“for Planning, Environment, and Lands, Hong Kong.”
Brian Ford Baldock
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to the Alcoholic Drinks Industry.”
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Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
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Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1997
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1997 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1996.
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