Birthday Honours 2003
David Rowan Elwell MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Organisation: Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
“For services to the Fire Service.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2003
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Birthday Honours 2003- Role at the time
- Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
“For services to the Fire Service.”
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“For services to the Fire Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 728 times in the Birthday Honours List 2003 — about 56% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2003
Abu Taher
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“For services to the WRVS in Liverpool.”
Adele Janine Taylor
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Second Secretary
Adolphus Leslie Bateson
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“For services to Elderly People in Somerset.”
Adrian Christopher Ahl
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Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Adrienne Dianne Catherwood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Action Research in Northern Ireland.”
Advice Bureau
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Alan Gear
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Chief Executive
Alan John Brook
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Alan John Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Water Resource Management.”
Alan John Spedding
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Music.”
Alan Nicolson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the community in Banffshire.”
Alan Phillips
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to charity in Jersey.”
Alan Samuel Schwartz
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Interfaith Relations and to the Jewish Community in Wales.”
Alan Wright
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the Water Industry.”
Alasdair Wallace Parker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the British community in Ethiopia.”
Albert Fellowes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the community, especially Young People, in Rainhill, Merseyside.”
Alec Bloom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to People with Heart Disease.”
Alexander Philip Roe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the Police and to Charity.”
Alfred Davison Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the Laboratory Service.”
Alfred Keith Dyson Terry
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Tramways and Tramcar Heritage.”
Alice Booth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.”
Alice Marjorie Hale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the community in Carshalton, Surrey.”
Alison Apphia Denham-Davis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the community, especially the Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2003
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2003 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 2003.
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