New Year Honours 2019
Hilary Susan CRAFT OBE
- British Empire Medal (BEM)
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder and Chair
“Founder and Chair, Action Against Cancer. For services to Fundraising and Research into Cancer Diagnostics and Treatments.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Founder and Fundraiser, Action Against Cancer (incorporating Gene Machine Charity). For services to charity.
View London Gazette noticeOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder and Chair, Action Against Cancer. For services to Fundraising and Research into Cancer Diagnostics and Treatments.
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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:
Hilary Susan CRAFT B.E.M.
Founder and Chair, Action Against Cancer
For services to Fundraising and to Research into Cancer Diagnostics and Treatments.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Founder and Chair
- Region
- Greater Manchester
“Founder and Fundraiser, Action Against Cancer (incorporating Gene Machine Charity). For services to charity.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Founder and Chair
- Region
- Greater Manchester
“Founder and Chair, Action Against Cancer. For services to Fundraising and Research into Cancer Diagnostics and Treatments.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 289 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 20% of the list.
In their area
164 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater Manchester.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
11,402 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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
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Essex
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North Yorkshire
“Deputy Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary. For services to Policing, Criminal Justice and Child Protection.”
Alan Edward Peterson
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Cardiff
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Alan Martin Stevens
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Cheshire
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London
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Nottinghamshire
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Alison Fendley
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Cambridgeshire
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Alison Whitney
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Alma Mary Loughrey
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Antrim
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London
“For services to Museums and the Arts.”
Andrew Rees
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Swansea
“Head of Waste Strategy, Welsh Government. For services to the Environment and Recycling in Wales.”
Andrew Richard Cotter
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London
“Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence.”
Angela Elizabeth Windle
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South Yorkshire
“Team Leader, Child Protection, Safeguarding and Family Law Team, Department for Education. For services to Children's Social Care and the community in Sheffield.”
Angelax Walsh
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Lancashire
“Head of NHS Pay, Department of Health and Social Care. For services to NHS Pay and Employee Relations.”
Ann Connor
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Merseyside
“Lately Education Adviser, Department for Education. For services to Education.”
Anna Louise Meredith
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Tweeddale
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Edinburgh
“Chief Information Officer, Directorate for Digital, Scottish Government. For services to Digital Development.”
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Diane Kathleen Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
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Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Ruth Verner
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Antrim, County Antrim
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Christine Joy Wheatley
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
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Olney, Buckinghamshire
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Carnforth, Lancashire
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London, Greater London
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Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
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Windsor, Berkshire
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Donald Richard Todd
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Windsor, Berkshire
“For services to the community in Windsor, Berkshire”
Hazel Tomkins
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
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Graham Syrett
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to the community in Cotham and Kingsdown, Bristol”
Jennifer Jaculin Thomas
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London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service”
Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Beryl Shirley Stubbins
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Downham Market, Norfolk
“For services to the community in Norfolk”
Neville Percy Stephens
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Craven Arms, Shropshire
“For services to the community in Craven Arms, Shropshire”
Martyn Clive Steers
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Maidstone, Kent
“Volunteer, St John Ambulance Kent. For voluntary services to Community First Aid”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3176474. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 28 December 2018.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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