New Year Honours 2020
Graham Curtis MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the community in Dorchester, Dorset.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the community in Dorchester, Dorset.
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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
28 December 2019
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:
Graham Gifford CURTIS
For services to the community in Dorchester, Dorset.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the community in Dorchester, Dorset.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 500 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
56 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Dorset.
How widely is this recognised?
12,550 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455150. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Dorchester, 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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