New Year Honours 2015
Dorothy Beeson MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder
“Founder, the Swan Sanctuary. For services to the Rescue and Rehabilitation of Swans.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder, the Swan Sanctuary. For services to the Rescue and Rehabilitation of Swans.
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New Year Honours 2015- Role at the time
- Founder
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“Founder, the Swan Sanctuary. For services to the Rescue and Rehabilitation of Swans.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“Founder, the Swan Sanctuary. For services to the Rescue and Rehabilitation of Swans.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 579 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 39% of the list.
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Founder.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2015
Abdul Razaq Khan
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Berkshire
“Foster Carer, Slough. For services to Children and Families.”
Agnes Barbara Dunlop Brand
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Fermanagh
“Foundation Stage Co-ordinator, Enniskillen Model Primary School. For services to Education and the community in Northern Ireland.”
Ahmed Bashir
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North Yorkshire
“Head, Operations and Finance Business Partner, Marketing, UK Trade and Investment. For services to Equality in the Public Sector.”
Airman John Campbell,
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Royal Naval Reserve
Alan Charles Sefton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“Head, Arsenal in the Community. For services to Education and to Young People in the UK and Abroad.”
Alan Francis O’Flanagan,
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Army Cadet Force
Alan James Fearon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Tyne and Wear
“Member and Lately Chorus Master, Royal Northern Sinfonia. For services to Music in the North East.”
Alan James Harvey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
West Midlands
“For political service.”
Alan Martin Walters
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Buckinghamshire
“For services to the community in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.”
Alastair Hislop Hume
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Aberdeen
“For services to Fisheries Management and Angling in North East Scotland.”
Albert Herbert Percy Palmer
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Surrey
“Honorary Secretary, Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. For services to Construction.”
Albert Whiting
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Tyne and Wear
“For services to the community in North Tyneside and to charitable services in the UK and Abroad.”
Alderman Maurice Turtle Mills
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Antrim
“Member, Ballymena Borough Council. For services to Local Government.”
Alderman William Alexander Fraser Agnew
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Antrim
“Alderman, Newtownabbey Borough Council. For services to Local Government and Cross-border Relations.”
Alec Ewart Harvey,
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Alexander James Pirie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
West Lothian
“For voluntary service in Livingston, West Lothian.”
Alfred Grummett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Homeless People through Haven Tyneside and to the community in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.”
Alice Jane Formby
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Surrey
“Founding Trustee and Fundraiser, Princess Alice Hospice. For services to End of Life Care.”
Alison Forbes Graham,
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
“For services to British foreign policy interests.”
Alison Jean Katherine Skene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Aberdeen
“For public service in Aberdeen.”
Alistair Mcarthur
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Devon
“For services to Humanitarian Aid.”
Allan Robert Burns
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Renfrewshire
“For services to People with Disabilities in Scotland and Overseas.”
Alma Joan Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Durham
“Vice President, North Yorkshire, Royal British Legion Women's Section. For voluntary service to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Alva Guy Lambert
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
South Yorkshire
“For services to the community particularly the Afro-Caribbean community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 1 January 2015.
Location (Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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