New Year Honours 2012
Meredydd John HUGHES CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
police officer
Organisation: South Yorkshire Police
“Lately Chief Constable, South Yorkshire Police. For services to the Police.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Lately Chief Constable, South Yorkshire Police. For services to the Police.
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“Lately Chief Constable, South Yorkshire Police. 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 94 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 10% of the list.
In their area
28 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Nottinghamshire.
What organisation were they with?
police officer, South Yorkshire Police.
How widely is this recognised?
925 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, West Herts College. For services to Further Education.”
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“Senior Probation Officer, National Probation Service. For services to Women on Probation”
Ian Drysdale
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“Deputy Chief Officer, Kent Police. For services to Policing”
Karen Jayne Andrew
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Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“Magistrate West Glamorgan Bench and Independent Monitoring Board Member HM Prison Swansea. For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Mary Poole
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Exeter, Devon
“Assistant Chief Officer, Devon and Cornwall Police. For services to Policing”
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“Founder, The Twinning Project. For services to Football and to Charity”
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Preston, Lancashire
“Regional Probation Director, North West Probation HM Prison and Probation Service. For services to Probation”
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Darwen, Lancashire
“Deputy Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing”
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Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Lately Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing”
James Thompson
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Northumberland
“Special Constable, Northumbria Police. For services to Policing”
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London, Greater London
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 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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