Birthday Honours 2025
Ian Sharrocks CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 2025 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Military Division Ministry of Defence (Royal Air Force)
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Air Commodore Ian James SHARROCKS O.B.E.
8701675J
Royal Air Force
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Military Division Ministry of Defence (Royal Air Force)
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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 Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Group Captain Ian James SHARROCKS
8701675J
Royal Air Force
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Military service
Group Captain
Royal Air Force- Division
- Military Division
- Service number
- 8701675J
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 108 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 7% of the list.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2025
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Hartlepool, County Durham
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Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Children.”
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business.”
Benjamin Terrett
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London, Greater London
“For services to Design.”
Carol Taylor
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London, Greater London
“For services to Justice and to Judicial Diversity and Inclusion.”
Caroline Cotterell
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Stroud, Gloucestershire
“For services to the Natural Environment.”
Catherine Paine
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Lincoln, Lincolnshire
“For services to Education.”
Charles Mindenhall
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business, Philanthropy and to Young People.”
Christian Salbaing
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“For services to Investment in the UK.”
Christine Smith (christine Hamill)
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Killinchy, County Down
“For services to Public Inquiries in Northern Ireland.”
Damon De Laszlo
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Alton, Hampshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Industry and to Scientific and Charitable Causes.”
Dana Strong
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to Media.”
David Bolt
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
David Howden
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Charlbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to the Insurance Industry.”
David Ward
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London, Greater London
“For services to Trade Unions.”
Douglas Perkins
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Abroad
“For services to Business and Trade.”
Emily Shuckburgh
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Climate Science and to the Public Communication of Climate Science.”
Eric Parry
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London, Greater London
“For services to Architecture.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4905868. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645701. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
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