Birthday Honours 2001
Dela Smith DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
• Beaumont Hill Special School
“For services to Education for Children with Special Educational Needs.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Education for Children with Special Educational Needs.
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2001- Role at the time
- Beaumont Hill Special School
“For services to Education for Children with Special Educational Needs.”
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“For services to Education for Children with Special Educational Needs.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 9 times in the Birthday Honours List 2001 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Beaumont Hill Special School.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2001
Ann Marilyn Strathern
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“For services to Social Anthropology.”
Barnes Thompson)
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“For services to Medical Research.”
Eileen Atkins
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“For services to Drama.”
Julia Stretton Higgins
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“For services to Science.”
Karlene Cecile Davis
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“For services to Midwifery and to the NHS.”
Lesley Howard Rees
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“For services to Medical Education.”
Sheila Marshall McKechnie
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“For services to Consumers.”
Wendy Patricia Davies
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“for Girls, Birmingham.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2001
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2001).
Published 14 June 2001.
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