Birthday Honours 2018
Mark Andrew Polin OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Chief Constable • North Wales Police
Organisation: North Wales Police
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
“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
9 June 2018
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:
Mark Andrew POLIN Q.P.M.
Chief Constable, North Wales Police
For services to Policing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Queen's Police Medal
Birthday Honours 2010- Role at the time
- lately Chief Constable, North Wales Police
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- lately Chief Constable
- Region
- Denbighshire
“For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 249 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Chief Constable, North Wales 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 2018
Abi Morgan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to Theatre and Screenwriting.”
Adam Lawrence
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Gloucestershire
“For public service and services to the community in South Wales.”
Agnes Wylie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Kent
“For services to Art.”
Alexander Nileshwar
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to Military Capability.”
Alice Coote
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Cheshire
“For services to Music.”
Alison Davenport
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to Electrochemistry and Corrosion Science.”
Allison Ramsay
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Learning Disability Nursing.”
Amandeep Madra
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Punjabi and Sikh Heritage and Culture.”
Amarjit Samra
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to Defence Medical Research.”
Andrew Brigden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Cornwall
“For services to the UK Ports and Maritime Industry.”
Andrew Davison
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Northumberland
“For services to the Environment, to Culture and to the community in North East England.”
Andrew Fraser
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Edinburgh
“For services to Healthcare.”
Andrew Gregory
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Hertfordshire
“For services to Transport Resilience.”
Andrew Sharpe
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Surrey
“For voluntary political service.”
Angela Morgan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Clackmannanshire
“For services to Children and Families.”
Angela Williams
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Anne Bamford
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Surrey
“For services to Education.”
Anne Moore
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Devon
“For services to Neurosurgery and Surgical Standards.”
Anne Tiivas
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Leicestershire
“For services to Safeguarding Children and Young People.”
Anne-Maree Keenan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
North Yorkshire
“For services to Podiatry.”
Annette Dryburgh
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Stirling
“For services to Women Offenders.”
Anthony Joshua
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to Sport.”
Arjun Waney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to the Restaurant Industry.”
Ashok Roy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities.”
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 · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041785. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Queen's Police Medal · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers this round — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 12 June 2010.
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