Birthday Honours 2015
Irene Curtis OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Superintendent • Lancashire Constabulary and National President
“For services to Policing.”
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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
13 June 2015
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 Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Mrs. Irene CURTIS
Chief Superintendent, Lancashire Constabulary and National President, Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales
For services to Policing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Lancashire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2015- Role at the time
- Chief Superintendent, Lancashire Constabulary and National President
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- Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Superintendent, Lancashire Constabulary and National President.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 Birthday Honours 2015
Adrian Penfold
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London
“For services to the Property Industry and public service to Planning.”
Adrian Reilly
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Alan Gilfillan
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Edinburgh
“For public and parliamentary services in Scotland.”
Alan Simpson
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Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Education.”
Albert Watson
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“For services to photography.”
Aldham Robarts
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Denbighshire
“For services to Higher Education and to the City of Liverpool.”
Alexander Clunes
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Dorset
“For services to Drama, charity and to the community in Dorset.”
Alistair Stuart Kirman Fox
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Amy Holmes
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London
“For services to Public Administration.”
Anba Angaelos
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Hertfordshire
“For services to International Religious Freedom.”
Andrew Bacon
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Leicestershire
“For services to Business and the Economy.”
Andrew Burns
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Andrew Griffiths
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West Midlands
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Hodgson
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Lancashire
“For services to Manufacturing and the North East Economy.”
Andrew Mcconnell
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Accounting and the community in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.”
Andrew Mcloughlin
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“For services to UK business and technology leadership.”
Andrew Salvesen
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Aberdeenshire
“For services to Entrepreneurship and philanthropic service to the community in Scotland.”
Andrew Taylor
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Andrew Wallis
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Bristol
“For services to the Eradication of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.”
Angela Main Thompson
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Isle of Man
“For services to Legal Work and Taxpayers.”
Angela Scrutton
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London
“For services to Public Protection through Drugs Control.”
Angharad Thomas
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London
“For services to the UK Pharmaceutical Industry and the Control of Drugs.”
Angus Essenhigh
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Anita Macdonald
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West Midlands
“For services to Dietetics.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
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Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2347835. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
Location (Lancashire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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