New Year Honours 2012
Meredydd John Hughes CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to the Police.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 9% of the list.
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2012
Andrew Burnett
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to the British Museum and Numismatics.”
Andrew Dutton Mason
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Andrew Marles
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Monmouthshire
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
Andrew Oliver Tyler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Wiltshire
Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Sentence
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Essex
“For services to the Economy.”
Andrew William Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Cornwall
“For services to the Advertising Industry.”
Anthony Charles Burton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Theatre.”
Bryan Samuel Jackson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing, the East Midlands Region and the East Midlands Regional Development Agency.”
Catherine Elizabeth Bell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Down
Charles Giles Clarke
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Somerset
“For services to Cricket.”
Charles William Holroyd
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Cheshire
“For services to Young People and to the community in the North West.”
Clare Juliet Fowler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Uro- Neurology.”
Clive Vivian Leopold James
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Literature and the Media.”
Dannie Abse
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
David Anthony Hirst Shaw
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
late Royal Regiment of Artillery
David Charles Richmond
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
David John Hall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
David Jonathan Flint
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Oxfordshire
“For services to Business and Science.”
David Phillips
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Surrey
“For services to Chemistry.”
Denise Coates
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Cheshire
“For services to the community and Business.”
Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lai Bhugra
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Psychiatry.”
Edwin Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Isle of Man
“For charitable services.”
Eileen Munro of Social Policy
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Children and Families.”
Eileen Thornton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Merseyside
“For services to Healthcare Education and Training.”
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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.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012).
Published 31 December 2011.
Location (Nottinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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