New Year Honours 1993
Frederick Stanley Thornton MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chairman • Essex Local Flood Defence Committee
“For services to Land Drainage and Flood Defence in East Anglia.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Land Drainage and Flood Defence in East Anglia.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1993- Role at the time
- Chairman, Essex Local Flood Defence Committee
“For services to Land Drainage and Flood Defence in East Anglia.”
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“For services to Land Drainage and Flood Defence in East Anglia.”
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“For services to Land Drainage and Flood Defence in East Anglia.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Land Drainage and Flood Defence in East Anglia.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 408 times in the New Year Honours List 1993 — about 32% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman, Essex Local Flood Defence Committee.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 New Year Honours 1993
1 Michael Arthur Northfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Marines
Alan Bradley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Chairman
Alan Craig Pollard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to the Insurance Industry.”
Alan Ernest Carter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Alan John Miller
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Air Force
Alan Nickalls
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Alan Semple Mace
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to the Automotive Industry.”
Alasdair Johnston Sutherland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Albert Lai Kwok-wing
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For community services in Hong Kong.”
Alexander George Norrie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Farmer
Alexandra Aikman Boyle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For nursing and welfare services to the community in Sudan.”
Alfred Roy Davies
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Alistair Angus Wood Blues and Royals.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Altec Engineering Limited
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Export and to Industry.”
Andrew James Benjamin Johnston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Coldstream Guards
Andrew Leonard Couldridge
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For welfare services to the community in Angola.”
Ann Macfarlane
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Disabled People.”
Ann Margaret Chaplin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For welfare services to the community in Peru.”
Anne Beryl Crick
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Anne Finley Downes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Annella Rae McEWAN
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Anthony John Cokes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Navy
Antony Richard Langmack
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to the Newspaper Industry.”
Archibald John Chan Tai-wing
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1993
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1993 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1992.
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