New Year Honours 2016
Geoffrey Allister OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Executive Director • Highway Term Maintenance Association
“For services to Highway Engineering in Northern Ireland.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Highway Engineering in Northern Ireland.
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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 2015
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Geoffrey Wilfred ALLISTER
Executive Director, Highway Term Maintenance Association
For services to Highway Engineering in Northern Ireland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Armagh
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2016- Role at the time
- Executive Director, Highway Term Maintenance Association
- Region
- Armagh
“For services to Highway Engineering in Northern Ireland.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Executive Director, Highway Term Maintenance Association.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454098. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Armagh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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