New Year Honours 2003
John Edward Victor Rose
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive • Rolls- Royce Plc
“For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries.”
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New Year Honours 2003- Role at the time
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“For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 24 times in the New Year Honours List 2003 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive, Rolls- Royce Plc.
How widely is this recognised?
981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2003
Alan Arthur Bates
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
Alan Roy Fersht
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to Protein Science.”
Alexander John Bruce-Lockhart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to Local Government.”
Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“for Roxburgh and Berwickshire.”
Brian John McMaster
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the Edinburgh International Festival.”
Clive Booth
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to Higher Education.”
Dan Crompton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the Police.”
David Anthony King
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
David Eardley Garrard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For charitable services.”
Derek James Morris
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to Industry.”
Ewan William Harper
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the Church of England.”
Ewen James Hanning Cameron
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the Countryside.”
Graham Joseph Hall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to Business in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.”
Howard Bernstein
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the Reconstruction of Manchester and the XVII Commonwealth Games.”
Ian James Carruthers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the NHS.”
James Michael Yorrick Oliver
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the City of London.”
John Francis Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to Education.”
Nicholas George Winton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to humanity, in saving Jewish Children from Nazi- occupied Czechoslovakia, 1938-39.”
Peter Alexander Burt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to Banking.”
Peter Michael Stothard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the Newspaper Industry.”
Peter Moores
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For charitable services to the Arts.”
Ridley Scott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to the British Film Industry.”
William Joseph Connor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2003
“For services to Industrial Relations.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 981 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Martin Kinsey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Diss, Norfolk
“For services to Military Personnel and their Families.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Andrew Burden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Defence, to Veterans and to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Maritime Safety.”
Richard Boswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wallington, Hampshire
“For services to Flood Defence.”
Donna Armstrong
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
“For services to Veterans and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Frederick Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Larne, County Antrim
“For services to Military History in Northern Ireland.”
Heather Spence
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ware, Hertfordshire
“For voluntary services to Veterans.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Margaret Pedder
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Armed Forces Families.”
Alexandria Page
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Armed Forces Community in London.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Lord
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Heather Harrison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Defence.”
Nicholas Goddard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
Anne Carr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel and Veterans.”
Stewart Booth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tadley, Hampshire
“For services to Defence.”
Samuel Boardman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hereford, Herefordshire
“For services to Defence.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2003
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2003).
Published 31 December 2002.
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