New Year Honours 2019
Graham Clark Bell OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Education, to Residential Child Care and to Social Enterprise.”
“For services to the Legal Profession in Scotland.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Education, to Residential Child Care and to Social Enterprise.
View London Gazette notice ↗Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to the Legal Profession in Scotland.
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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
29 December 2018
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:
Graham BELL
For services to Education, to Residential Child Care and to Social Enterprise.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Edinburgh
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2011- Region
- Edinburgh
“For services to the Legal Profession in Scotland.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2019- Region
- Argyll and Bute
“For services to Education, to Residential Child Care and to Social Enterprise.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 265 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 19% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2019
Aamer Naeem
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Greater Manchester
“For services to Muslim Community Development.”
Abolade Abisogun
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London
“For services to Diversity and to Young People in the Construction Industry.”
Adam Matan
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“For services to the Somali community in the UK and to wider UK/Somalia relations.”
Adrian Joseph
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Essex
“For services to Equality and to Diversity in Business.”
Adrian Mcallister
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North Yorkshire
“For services to Policing, to Criminal Justice and to Child Protection.”
Adrian Owen
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“For services to scientific research.”
Alan Peterson
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Cardiff
“For services to Charitable Fundraising in Wales.”
Alan Stevens
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Cheshire
“For services to People with Multiple Sclerosis.”
Albert James, (alby James)
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London
“For services to Film, to Theatre and to Broadcasting.”
Alexander Parish
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“For services to dance and UK/Russia cultural relations.”
Alexandra Peace-gadsby
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Nottinghamshire
“For services to Entrepreneurship and the community in Newark.”
Alison Fendley
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Forensic Science.”
Alison Whitney
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“For services to national security.”
Alison Wilding
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London
“For services to Art.”
Alma Loughrey
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Antrim
“For services to Children in Early Years Education in Northern Ireland.”
Andrew Nairne
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London
“For services to Museums and to the Arts.”
Andrew Rees
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Swansea
“For services to the Environment and to Recycling in Wales.”
Angela Windle
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Children’s Social Care and to the community in Sheffield.”
Angelax Walsh
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Lancashire
“For services to NHS Pay and Employee Relations.”
Ann Connor
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Merseyside
“For services to Education.”
Anna Meredith
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Tweeddale
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the Veterinary Profession.”
Anne Lavery
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Clackmannanshire
“For services to Consumers.”
Anne Obey
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Bristol
“For services to Financial Reporting and to Sustainable Energy.”
Anne-Marie Fry
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Essex
“For services to Countering Terrorism.”
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Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
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London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3176442. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 28 December 2018.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011).
Published 1 January 2011.
Location (Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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