Birthday Honours 2023
David Kilburn CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Founder
“For services to the Construction Industry and to Charity.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the Construction Industry and to Charity.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His 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:
David Richard KILBURN
Founder, MKM Building Supplies
For services to the Construction Industry and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Construction Industry and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 103 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
25 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from North Yorkshire.
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Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
12,550 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Ruth Verner
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Antrim, County Antrim
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Christine Wheatley
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Carnforth, Lancashire
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4378108. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (York, North Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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