New Year Honours 2016
Helen Smyth MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Education.”
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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
31 December 2015
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:
Mrs. Helen Rosemary SMYTH
Head of Music, Ballyholme Primary School
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 573 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 39% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2016
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Abdullah Rehman
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West Midlands
“For services to the community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.”
Adam Foster
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Adrian Koe
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Cambridgeshire
“For voluntary service to Young People through the Downside Fisher Youth Club, Bermondsey, London.”
Adrian Weston
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Leicestershire
“For services to the community and charity in Leicestershire.”
Adrian Wills
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Derbyshire
“For services to the community in Leicester.”
Afsheen Rashid
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London
“For services to Renewable Energy Projects in Deprived London Communities.”
Aftab Chughtai
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West Midlands
“For services to Business and Community Relations in Birmingham.”
Agnes Grunwald-spier
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London
“For services to the Jewish Community and Holocaust Awareness.”
Ahmed Awan
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Staffordshire
“For services to Business and International Trade”
Ailsa Bosworth
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Berkshire
“For services to People with Rheumatoid Arthritis”
Alan Grant
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Alan Mackie
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Alasdair Wills
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Alexander Stewart
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Perth and Kinross
“For voluntary service in Perth and Kinross.”
Alexandra Hyatt
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Alfred Forster
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Patients with Prostate Cancer.”
Alice Lester
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London
“For services to Planning.”
Alina Ibragimova
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to Music.”
Alison Lewy
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London
“For services to the Fashion Industry.”
Alison Mihail
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Berkshire
“For services to Young People.”
Allan Pacey
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Reproductive Medicine.”
Amy Hughes
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“For services to humanitarian and emergency medicine.”
Andrew Butcher
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Rachael Ross
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Debra Gray
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Shelagh Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Julia Downey
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“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Alison Turner
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“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
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Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
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Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
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Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
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Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
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Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
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“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
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“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454863. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Down) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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