New Year Honours 2019
Derek May MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Policing and to the community in Kent.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Policing and to the community in Kent.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Derek Alan MAY
Special Chief Inspector, Kent Police
For services to Policing and to the community in Kent.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 527 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 37% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“For services to charity and to the community in Gujarat, India.”
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“For services to the community in Belfast.”
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Buckinghamshire
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Fife
“For services to Water Skiing.”
Alan Stoyel
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Herefordshire
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Clackmannanshire
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London
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Alison Durrands
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Oxfordshire
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Alison Hall
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Surrey
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Alison Lea-wilson
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Anglesey
“For services to Business in Wales.”
Amali De Alwis
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“For services to Women in Technology.”
Andrea Armstrong
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“For services to Law and Order.”
Andrea Nixon
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Merseyside
“For services to the Arts.”
Andrew Allen
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Belfast
“For services to veterans and their families in Northern Ireland.”
Andrew Barton
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Andrew Brown
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John Scott
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Dharmesh Mistry
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Michael Leonard
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Scott Caswell
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
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Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
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“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Brian Whitaker
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London, Greater London
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Maria Mcnicholl
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London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
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Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
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Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Karen Andrew
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Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Poole
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Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
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Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Taylor
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Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“For services to Science in Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Marcos Petrou
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“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Buhagiar
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“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
James Thompson
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Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
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London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Dudley Martin
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Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Policing Community.”
Susan Holliday
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Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Leslie Hawkins
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Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
“For services to Policing and to the community in Essex.”
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3176993. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 29 December 2018.
Location (Kent) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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