Birthday Honours 2012
David John DANIELS CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Chief Consultant, Sensors, Cobham Technical Services. For services to the Defence Industry.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Consultant, Sensors, Cobham Technical Services. For services to the Defence Industry.
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“Chief Consultant, Sensors, Cobham Technical Services. For services to the Defence Industry.”
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“Chief Consultant, Sensors, Cobham Technical Services. For services to the Defence Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 96 times in the Birthday Honours List 2012 — about 8% of the list.
In their area
45 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Sussex.
How widely is this recognised?
3,730 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2012.
Location (West Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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