Birthday Honours 2021
Damian Piper CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Deputy Director
“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
12 June 2021
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Damian PIPER
Deputy Director, Ministry of Defence
For services to Defence.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Birthday Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Deputy Director
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 102 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
454 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Director.
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 Birthday Honours 2021
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Alissa Goodman
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Amanda Sunderland
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“For services to Nursing.”
Andrew Martin Duffell
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Aylesford, Kent
“For services to Public Finance.”
Anne Longfield
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Ilkley, West Yorkshire
“For services to Children.”
Antony Bourne
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Dorchester, Dorset
“For services to EU Exit.”
Antony Jenkins
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business.”
Bruce Marshall
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service particularly during Covid-19.”
Caroline Abrahams
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Voluntary Sector and Older People during Covid-19.”
Christopher Hall
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Breaston, Derbyshire
“For Public Service.”
Christopher Townsend
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London, Greater London
“For services to Clinically Vulnerable People during the Covid-19 Response.”
Chuka Nwokolo
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to the NHS and to Medical Research.”
Clive Selley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Telecommunications during Covid-19.”
Colin Perry
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London, Greater London
“For services to EU Exit, Transition and Legacy.”
Conrad Bailey
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Crawford Boswell
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London, Greater London
“For services to charitable Food Provision during Covid-19.”
Daniel James
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David Boyle
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
David Bryan
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
David Dangoor
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London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Greater London.”
David Hunt
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Southport, Merseyside
“For services to UK Healthcare and to the Covid-19 Response.”
Denise Spence
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Bonnyrigg, Midlothian
“For services to Girlguiding and to Public Service.”
Edmund De Waal
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
In the same field
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
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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
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Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
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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
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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
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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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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3817543. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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