New Year Honours 2012
Ian Richard SUMNALL OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Organisation: Arun District Council
“Chief Executive, Arun District Council. For services to Local Government.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive, Arun District Council. For services to Local Government.
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“Chief Executive, Arun District Council. For services to Local Government.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 241 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 25% of the list.
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95 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Sussex.
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How widely is this recognised?
2,602 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
Location (West Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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