Birthday Honours 2020
Craig Smith MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Complex Weapons
“For services to Military Capability.”
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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
10 October 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Craig Norman SMITH
Technical Expert, Complex Weapons, MBDA UK Ltd
For services to Military Capability.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Complex Weapons
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- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
“For services to Military Capability.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 671 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 38% of the list.
In their area
127 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hertfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Complex Weapons.
How widely is this recognised?
981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3646509. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Stevenage, Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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