New Year Honours 2021
Lucy Bird CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • Transport Security
“For public service.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased 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 Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Lucy Victoria BIRD
Director, Transport Security, Resilience and Response,, Department for Transport
For public service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Little Kingshill, Buckinghamshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Director, Transport Security
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- Little Kingshill, Buckinghamshire
“For public service.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 89 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
28 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
What organisation were they with?
Director, Transport Security.
How widely is this recognised?
2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Cherry Povall
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Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
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Graham Metcalfe
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Welton, Lincolnshire
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Alison Lawson
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Andrea Kinver
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Karen Jones
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Samuel Jenkins
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Southport, Merseyside
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703353. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Little Kingshill, Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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