New Year Honours 2010
Gerard Smyth OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to the Police in the North East.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to the Police in the North East.
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East Riding of Yorkshire
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“For services to the Police in the North East.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 255 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 21% of the list.
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
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2010
Ahmad Shahzad
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“For services to Black and Minority Ethnic People.”
Ailsa Elizabeth Beaton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“For services to the Police.”
Alan Alexander
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Edinburgh
“For services to Social Science.”
Alan Kenneth Bowers Beavis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Berkshire
“For services to the Scouts.”
Alexander Beveridge Anderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Durham
“For services to the community in the North East.”
Alexander Gilbert Carew Hatherley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Grenadier Guards
Alexander Tait
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Northumberland
Alice Sluckin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Leicestershire
“For services to Children and Families.”
Alison Blenkinsopp of Practice of Pharmacy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
West Yorkshire
“For services to Healthcare.”
Alison Fiona Campbell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Middlesex
“For services to Knowledge Transfer.”
Alison Mary McLean
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Herefordshire
“For services to Rural Affairs in the West Midlands.”
Allan Barnes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Coldstream Guards
Amanda Deeks
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Gloucestershire
“for Bristol.”
Amanda Jane Wakeley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“For services to the Fashion Industry.”
Andrew David Wallis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Royal Air Force
Andrew James Herbert
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Computer Science.”
Andrew John Leigh
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Surrey
“For public service.”
Andrew John Teskey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Andrew Richard Pope
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Cheshire
“For public service.”
Anna Kendall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
North Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Anne Elizabeth Brannagan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Surrey
Anne Kirkham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Hertfordshire
“for Communities and Local Government.”
Anne Roberts
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Gwent
“For services to Carers.”
Anthea Bell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Literature and to Literary Translations.”
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
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010).
Published 31 December 2009.
Location (East Riding of Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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