New Year Honours 2020
Damian Parmenter CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Defence.”
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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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Damian Dimond Peter PARMENTER
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for Defence
For services to Defence.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Defence.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 105 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 8% of the list.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2020
Adam Hogg
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“For charitable and political services.”
Aditi Lahiri
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to the Study of Linguistics.”
Ahalia Evans
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London, Greater London
“For services to NHS leadership and the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community.”
Alan Lehmann
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Lewes, East Sussex
“For services to Medical Science, Patients and Families affected by Xeroderma Pigmentosum and Cockayne Syndrome.”
Alastair Hamilton
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Co. Antrim
“For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland.”
Andrea Coscelli
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London, Greater London
“For services to Competitive Markets.”
Andrew Bud
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London, Greater London
“For services to Exports in Science and Technology.”
Andrew Cree
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Andrew Davies
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South Glamorgan
“For political and public service.”
Andrew Green
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Information Technology Sector and to the British Space Industry.”
Andrew Longstone Dawes
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Andrew Stanley Taylor,
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Wantage, Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and Technology.”
Anne Craig
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Berkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Annie Nightingale
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London, Greater London
“For services to Radio.”
Barbara Elliott
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Newton Abbot, Devon
“For services to the Social Sciences.”
Bee Wee
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Palliative and End of Life Care.”
Brendan Threlfall
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London, Greater London
“For public service.”
Brian Wilson
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Isle of Lewis, Western Isles
“For services to Charity and to Business in Scotland.”
Carol Matthews
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Social Housing.”
Caroline Hargrove
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering.”
Catherine Fogarty
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London, Greater London
“For services to Parliament.”
Cheryl Lamont
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Criminal Justice.”
Christine Hodgson
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Christopher Bell
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Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
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Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Martin Kinsey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Military Personnel and their Families.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Andrew Burden
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Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Defence, to Veterans and to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Maritime Safety.”
Richard Boswell
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Wallington, Hampshire
“For services to Flood Defence.”
Donna Armstrong
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Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
“For services to Veterans and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Roderick Wood
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Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Frederick Stewart
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Larne, County Antrim
“For services to Military History in Northern Ireland.”
Heather Spence
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Ware, Hertfordshire
“For voluntary services to Veterans.”
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.”
Margaret Pedder
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Armed Forces Families.”
Alexandria Page
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Armed Forces Community in London.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Lord
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“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.”
Heather Harrison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Defence.”
Nicholas Goddard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“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.”
Anne Carr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans.”
Stewart Booth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Samuel Boardman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hereford, Herefordshire
“For services to Defence.”
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454799. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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