Birthday Honours 2008
Michael William Bateman CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Non-Executive Director • Dollond and Aitchison
“For services to the Optical Profession and to Charity.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the Optical Profession and to Charity.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2008
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Buckinghamshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Non-Executive Director, Dollond and Aitchison
- Region
- Buckinghamshire
“For services to the Optical Profession and to Charity.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to the Optical Profession and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 108 times in the Birthday Honours List 2008 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Non-Executive Director, Dollond and Aitchison.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
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 Birthday Honours 2008
Aileen Margaret Keel
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Surrey
“For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
Andrew Maxwell Coppel
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Surrey
“For services to the Tourism Industry.”
Andrew William Reid
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Staffordshire
“for Children, Schools and Families.”
Anthony Cohen
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Edinburgh
“For services to Higher Education in Scotland.”
Anthony Howard Goldstone
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Medicine.”
Anthony Paul Rossi
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Norfolk
“For services to Heritage and to Conservation.”
Antony Hales
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Warwickshire
“For services to the Armed Forces.”
Brian Edward McHenry
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London
“For public and voluntary service.”
Brian Ion Duerden of Medical Microbiology
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Gwent
“For services to Medicine and to Charity.”
Brian Magenis
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London
“For public and voluntary service.”
Carew Lovell Wilks
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Charles Adrian Hobbs
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Berkshire
Charles Stuart Bell
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London
“For services to Healthcare.”
Christopher Charles Dyer
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Leicestershire
“for English Local History, University of Leicester.”
Christopher Kenneth Davidson
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Essex
Clive Richard Elderton
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Colin Andrew Findlay
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Colin McLeod Milne
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Inverness-shire
“For services to the Administration of Justice.”
David Darling
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Warwickshire
“For services to the Computer Games Industry.”
David Thomas Smith
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London
“for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.”
Denis Rooney
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Belfast
“for Ireland.”
Derek Maurice Wise
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Northumberland
“For services to local and national Education.”
Desmond Bernard O’Connor
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London
“For services to Entertainment and to Broadcasting.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
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Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
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Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
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“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
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“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
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North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
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Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable 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.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008).
Published 14 June 2008.
Location (Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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