Birthday Honours 2023
Harvinder Singh Rai MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Sergeant
“For services to Policing and to the Sikh Community.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Policing and to the Sikh Community.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Harvinder SINGH RAI
Sergeant, West Midlands Police
For services to Policing and to the Sikh Community.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2023- Role at the time
- Sergeant
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- Walsall, West Midlands
“For services to Policing and to the Sikh Community.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 599 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
187 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Midlands.
What organisation were they with?
Sergeant.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
John Scott
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Dharmesh Mistry
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Michael Leonard
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Scott Caswell
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
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Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
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Brian Whitaker
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London, Greater London
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Maria Mcnicholl
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London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
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Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
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Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Karen Andrew
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Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Poole
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Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
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Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Taylor
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Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“For services to Science in Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Marcos Petrou
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“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Buhagiar
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“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
James Thompson
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Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
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London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Dudley Martin
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Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Policing Community.”
Susan Holliday
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Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Leslie Hawkins
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Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
“For services to Policing and to the community in Essex.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4379316. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (Walsall, West Midlands) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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