New Year Honours 2005
David Veness
Knight Bachelor
“For services to the Police.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 24 times in the New Year Honours List 2005 — about 2% of the list.
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 Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2005
Alan Jeffrey Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Automotive Industry.”
Andrew Paul Haines
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Medicine.”
Basil Spyridonos Markesinis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to international legal relations.”
Brian Howard Harrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Scholarship.”
Clive John Bourne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
Clive William John Granger
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to economics.”
Derek Wanless
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For public service.”
Desmond Rea
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Police.”
Digby Marritt Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Business.”
James Cressee Elphinstone Underwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Medicine.”
John Hartley Lawton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Ecological Science.”
John Stuart Vickers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For public service.”
Jonathan Michael
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the NHS.”
Mark John Spurgeon Allen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
Matthew Clive Pinsent
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Sport.”
Mervyn Kay Pedelty
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Michael John Tomlinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“for Hackney Schools.”
Peter James Ogden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Education.”
Richard John Staite
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Education.”
Robert Gerard Finch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the City of London.”
Robert Rees Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to History.”
Robert Walker Kerslake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Local Government.”
Roger Spencer Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Business and Training in Wales.”
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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Knight Bachelor · 2005
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2005 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 2004.
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