New Year Honours 1998
Graham Roy Robertson OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Leader • Bristol City Council
Organisation: Bristol City Council
“For services to the community in Bristol.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1998
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1998- Role at the time
- Leader, Bristol City Council
“For services to the community in Bristol.”
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“For services to the community in Bristol.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 293 times in the New Year Honours List 1998 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Leader, Bristol City Council.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
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 1998
Abdul Matin Khan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
President
Abraham Alan Tabbush
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to British-Latin American relations.”
Agnes Nicol
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For medical and welfare services to British Forces in Germany.”
Alan Curless
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Training.”
Alan Kirkham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Managing Director
Alan Sparkes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the Defence Industry.”
Alasdair Russell Kerr
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Albert Norman King
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Alexander Robert Forrester
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Science and to Education.”
Alison Joy Hardinge
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the Food Advisory Committee.”
Alistair Richard Cheyne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Motoring.”
Allen Foster
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to ophthalmology in developing countries.”
Andrew Duncan Green
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Driver
Anke Harris
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Training.”
Ann Elizabeth Hamlin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For public service in the Built Heritage.”
Ann Veronica Priston
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Anna Joan Allott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Anne Coultas Dunford
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Anne Heather Barlas
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the British Red Cross Society in Scotland.”
AnnetteCROSBIE
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Drama.”
Anthony Austin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Team Leader
Anthony Brian Hill
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For servicesto the community in the North East of England.”
Anthony Brian Travers
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For professional and public service, Cayman Islands.”
Anthony Keith Dixon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable 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.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1998
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1998 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1997.
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