New Year Honours 2024
Gareth Williams MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Detective Superintendent
“For services to Policing.”
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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
30 December 2023
THE KING 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:
Gareth David WILLIAMS
Detective Superintendent, British Transport Police
For services to Policing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Detective Superintendent
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- Gravesend, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 588 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
152 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Kent.
What organisation were they with?
Detective Superintendent.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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“For services to Cycling.”
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“For services to Young People and to the community in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.”
Alison Fotheringham
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Edenbridge, Kent
“For Public and Voluntary Service.”
Alison France
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“For services to Disadvantaged People.”
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“For services to Adult Social Care.”
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“For services to Military Families.”
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Perth, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Music.”
Amanda Bird
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“For services to Children in Hospital.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
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.”
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.”
Brian Whitaker
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London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
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“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
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“For services to Policing.”
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“For services to Policing.”
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.”
Susan Holliday
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Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
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“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
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Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
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Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
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Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
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Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
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London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520934. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Gravesend, 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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