
New Year Honours 2015
Maurice Turtle MILLS, MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Member • Ballymena Borough Council
Organisation: Ballymena Borough Council
“For services to Local Government.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2015
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Antrim
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2015- Role at the time
- Member, Ballymena Borough Council
- Region
- Antrim
“For services to Local Government.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 556 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 40% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Member, Ballymena Borough Council.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 New Year Honours 2015
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“For services to Children and Families.”
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Fermanagh
“For services to Education and the community in Northern Ireland.”
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Royal Naval Reserve
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Cheshire
“For services to Swimming and Water Polo.”
Alan Charles Sefton,
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London
“For services to Education and to Young People in the UK and Abroad.”
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Alan James Fearon,
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Music in the North East.”
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West Midlands
“For political service.”
Alan Martin Walters
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Buckinghamshire
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Aberdeen
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Nairn
“For services to Health, Social Care and Conservation in Nairnshire.”
Albert Herbert Percy Palmer,
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Surrey
Honorary Secretary
Albert Whiting
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to the community in North Tyneside and to charitable services in the UK and Abroad.”
Alec Ewart Harvey,
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Royal Regiment of Artillery
Alexander James Pirie
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West Lothian
Alfred Grummett
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Tyne and Wear
Alice Jane Formby,
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Surrey
“For services to End of Life Care.”
Alison Forbes Graham,
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“For services to British foreign policy interests.”
Alison Jean Katherine Skene, D.L
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Aberdeen
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Sutherland
Alistair McARTHUR
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Devon
“For services to Humanitarian Aid.”
Allan Robert Burns
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Renfrewshire
Alma Joan Murray,
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Durham
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
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Michael Mitchell
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Jack Emsley
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Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 31 December 2014.
Location (Antrim) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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