Birthday Honours 2011
John David Parkinson OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Assistant Chief Constable • West Yorkshire Police
Organisation: West Yorkshire Police
“For services to the Police.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2011
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West Yorkshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2011- Role at the time
- lately Assistant Chief Constable, West Yorkshire Police
- Region
- West Yorkshire
“For services to the Police.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 282 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Assistant Chief Constable, West Yorkshire Police.
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 2011
Adrian Holmes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Derbyshire
“For services to Skills and Training.”
Adrian Voce
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to Children.”
Alan John Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“for National Statistics.”
Alan Lorimer McKenzie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Bristol
Alexander Alderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Alexander Archibald Douglas Hope
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to the Visual Effects Industry.”
Alexander Messent Cairncross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“For services to Environmental Health Overseas.”
Alison Margaret Blackburn
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Suffolk
“For voluntary service to Land-Based Higher Education.”
Alison Margaret Moodie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Alistair Charles Jeudwine Bridgwood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
First Secretary
Allison Chin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
and Chairman of Toxicology
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
“For services to Science.”
Andrew Flower
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Warwickshire
“For services to Sport.”
Andrew John Bower
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Royal Navy
Andrew John Strauss
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Cricket.”
Andrew Nicholas Farrar
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
Andrew Roberto Mankiewicz
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
“For services to British business interests in Japan.”
Andrew Watson Barlow
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
First Secretary
Andy Hawthorne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cheshire
“For services to Young People in Greater Manchester.”
Angela Burridge
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Somerset
“For services to Education.”
Angela Mary Murphy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Ann Geraldine Limb
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“For public service and for services to Education.”
Anthony Dumesnil Widmer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
“For services to UK/Russian co-operation in social care.”
Anthony Kim Burton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
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
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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 · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011).
Published 11 June 2011.
Location (West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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