New Year Honours 2014
James Edward Jones OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Head
“Head, Firearms and Explosives Licensing Unit, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Head, Firearms and Explosives Licensing Unit, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2014- Role at the time
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“Head, Firearms and Explosives Licensing Unit, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 296 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 19% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Alan Billings
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Alison Cunningham
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North Yorkshire
“Group Manager for Debt Contact Centres, Debt Management, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Debt Management and to the community in North Yorkshire.”
Alison Marjorie Wild
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Cheshire
“Lately Chair, Association of Heads of University Administration and Deputy Chief Executive, Liverpool John Moores University. For services to Higher Education”
Alison Mary Gilchrist
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Renfrewshire
“For services to Business and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Alistair George Speirs
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Allan Oliver Jagger
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Training and Education of Young People through Kirdale Industrial Training Services and to charity in West Yorkshire.”
Allan Paul Marshall
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Amanda Felicity Mackenzie
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“Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Aviva. For services to Marketing.”
Andrea Lee Hough
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Greater Manchester
“Managing Director, AT Engine Control. For services to Manufacturing.”
Andrew Alfred Banks
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Orkney
“Managing Director, Pentland Ferries. For services to Transport and the community in Orkney.”
Andrew Baxendine
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London
“Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence.”
Andrew John Basford
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Northamptonshire
“Principal Officer, Manager Engineering Development, Serious and Organised Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement.”
Andrew Macfarlane Mills
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late Corps of Royal Engineers
Andrew Richard Heyn
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Andrew William Simons
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Bedfordshire
“Grade 7, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence Information Capability.”
Anissa Toscano
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Kent
“Consultant, Department for International Development. For Humanitarian services particularly in Syria.”
Ann Cadman
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South Yorkshire
“Director, The Source Skills Academy. For services to the community in South Yorkshire.”
Anne Owen Wozencraft
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“For services to British education overseas.”
Anthony Bruton Meyrick Good
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London
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Staffordshire
“Grade 6, Specialist Investigations Technical Team, Solihul, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to Tackling Tax Non-Compliance.”
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
John Scott
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Dharmesh Mistry
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Michael Leonard
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Scott Caswell
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
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Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
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London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
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.”
Karen Andrew
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
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Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Taylor
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Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“For services to Science in Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Marcos Petrou
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“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Buhagiar
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“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
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.”
Dudley Martin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Policing Community.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Leslie Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
“For services to Policing and to the community in Essex.”
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 1 January 2014.
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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