
Birthday Honours 2011
Dr David William Roger THACKRAY OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Organisation: National Trust
“Head of Archaeology, National Trust. For services to Heritage.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Head of Archaeology, National Trust. For services to Heritage.
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“Head of Archaeology, National Trust. For services to Heritage.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 236 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 24% of the list.
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96 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Gloucestershire.
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How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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Belfast
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Surrey
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“Managing Director, Group Rhodes. For services to Industry.”
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West Yorkshire
“Director of Youth Projects, Rank Foundation. For services to Young People.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2011.
Location (Gloucestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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