Birthday Honours 2008
Derek WHEELER MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For voluntary service to Heritage in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For voluntary service to Heritage in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
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“For voluntary service to Heritage in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.”
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“For voluntary service to Heritage in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For voluntary service to Heritage in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 600 times in the Birthday Honours List 2008 — about 64% of the list.
In their area
386 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hertfordshire.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2008
Aileen Probert Kells
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Edinburgh
“For voluntary service to the Girls' Brigade in Scotland.”
Ajibha Linney
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Surrey
“Director of Public Health & President, Twins and Multiple Births Association and Vice-President, Woking Community Relations Forum. For services to Healthcare.”
Alan Johnson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Merseyside
“For services to Vintage and Veteran Vehicle Restoration and Heritage.”
Alan Macdonald Clark
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Kent
“Member, Dartford Community Fundraising Committee, Cancer Research UK. For charitable services.”
Alan Pendlebury
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Somerset
“For services to Agriculture in the South West.”
Albert Edward Pallent
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Kent
“Amatuer Boxing Trainer. For services to Sport and for voluntary service to the community in Tonbridge, Kent.”
Alex Alphonso Wheatle
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Writer. For services to Literature.”
Alexander Highlands
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Greater Manchester
“For services to the Voluntary Sector in Greater Manchester.”
Alexander Kirk
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Glasgow
“Deputy Principal, John Wheatley College. For services to Further Education and to the community in Glasgow.”
Alexander Maybin Wilson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Antrim
“Chairman of Broughshane and District Community Association. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.”
Alexandra Buchan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Belfast
“Neighbourhood Renewal Officer, Greater West Team Belfast Regeneration Office, Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland Executive.”
Alexandra Frith
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Swansea
“For services to the Performing Arts, Young People and to Charity in Swansea.”
Alfred Coutts Ingram
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Dundee
“For voluntary service to Mountain Rescue in Scotland.”
Alfred Edward Jenkins
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Shropshire
“For services to Heritage and to the community in Clee Hill, South Shropshire.”
Alfred Peter Paul Burden
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Essex
“For voluntary service to the Malaya and Borneo Veterans' Association.”
Alice Elizabeth Primrose Wyborn
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hertfordshire
“For services to People with Eczema.”
Alice Mary Harbey
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Derbyshire
“For voluntary service to the community in Starkholmes, Derbyshire.”
Alison Frankland
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Channel Islands
“For voluntary service to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Allegra Sarah Bazzett Mcevedy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Chef, Restauranteur and Cookery Writer. For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
Alvin Kofi
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Merseyside
“Examiner, Identity and Passport Service and Chair, Disability Support Network, Home Office. For public and voluntary service.”
Amanda Elizabeth Wadsworth
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Cheshire
“Senior Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus. For public and voluntary service.”
Anastasia Osbourne
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“Team Leader, Special Projects, Operations Directorate, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.”
Andrea Craig
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
North Yorkshire
“Group Leader, Sunny Days Playgroup, Redcar. For services to Children and Families.”
Andrew Brettle
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Leicestershire
“For voluntary service to the community in Thornton, Leicestershire.”
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Angela Jane Manson
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Lisburn, County Antrim
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Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
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Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton Hough
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Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2008.
Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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