Birthday Honours 2024
Graeme Souness CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Association Football and to Charity.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Association Football and to Charity.
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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
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Graeme James SOUNESS
For services to Association Football and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Association Football and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 97 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
5 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Dorset.
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644857. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
Location (Poole, Dorset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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