New Year Honours 2021
Gary Grewal MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Defence.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN 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:
Gary GREWAL
UK Liaison Officer
For services to Defence.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Defence.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 608 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 38% of the list.
In their area
1,239 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Inclusive Patient and to Public Involvement in Research.”
Alan Armson
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Alan Black
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Newry, County Armagh
“For services to the community in South Armagh.”
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Alan Murrell
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Alan Oddie
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“For services to the community in Milton Keynes.”
Alastair Rankin
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Lisburn, County Antrim
“For public and charitable services in Belfast.”
Alex Taylor
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Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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Alexander Mayfield
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Alexander Murphy
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Alexander Watt
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Young People with Additional Needs and Disabilities and to Community Cohesion in Glasgow.”
Alexandra Freegard
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“For services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.”
Alexandra Milne
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
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Bideford, Devon
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Martin Kinsey
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Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Military Personnel and their Families.”
Scott Caswell
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Andrew Burden
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Grimsby, Lincolnshire
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Richard Boswell
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Wallington, Hampshire
“For services to Flood Defence.”
Donna Armstrong
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Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
“For services to Veterans and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Roderick Wood
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Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Frederick Stewart
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Larne, County Antrim
“For services to Military History in Northern Ireland.”
Heather Spence
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Ware, Hertfordshire
“For voluntary services to Veterans.”
Mark Rowlands
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Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Margaret Pedder
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Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Armed Forces Families.”
Alexandria Page
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Murray
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Armed Forces Community in London.”
Duncan Macdonald
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Lord
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Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
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Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Heather Harrison
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Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Defence.”
Nicholas Goddard
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
Anne Carr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans.”
Stewart Booth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Samuel Boardman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hereford, Herefordshire
“For services to Defence.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703916. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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