Birthday Honours 1998
Matthew Laurie Dooley MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Marriot Government Services
“For services to the Armed Forces.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1998
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 1998- Role at the time
- Marriot Government Services
“For services to the Armed Forces.”
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“For services to the Armed Forces.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 703 times in the Birthday Honours List 1998 — about 55% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Marriot Government Services.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1998
Adrienne Victoria Bailey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Health Care.”
Advice Bureau in New Milton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For series to the Soldiers, Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association m Westminster, London Miss Barbara Ann SOUSTER.”
Advice Bureau in West Kirby
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Agnes Anne Goodman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the community in Northamptonshire.”
Agnes Mrs^STEWART
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Cricket.”
Ahmed Jee Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Education.”
Alan David Licence
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Alan David Moorhouse
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Swimming in Burnley, Lancashire.”
Alan McLean Blackburn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the community, especially the Hospice Movement, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.”
Alan Orson Kind
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Age Concern in Leicestershire.”
Alan Sylvester
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Royal Air Force
Alan Trevor Bailey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the conservation of Shire Brook Valley, Sheffield.”
Alan William Wyatt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the community, especially Foster Care and Music Conservation, in Cambridgeshire.”
Albert Cope
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the community in Heanor, Derbyshire.”
Alexander ArthurTOD
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Alexander Bovill
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the Regeneration of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.”
Alexander McCONNELL
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For charitable services to the community, especially the NHS.”
Alfred Simpson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For servkefto Nature Conservation in Sussex ° Ruth, Mrs.”
Alison Nicholas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Allan Dean-Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the Police.”
Allan Desmond Williams
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the Boys' Brigade in Newport, South Wales.”
Allan James Victor Gardner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to Tourism in Devon.”
Allan Smith Dunn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For services to the Shipbuilding Industry.”
Amanda Frances Murphy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
“For service to public health in Madurai.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 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.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
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.”
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.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“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.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“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.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1998
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1998 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1998.
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