New Year Honours 2009
Muhammad Irfan Faizi CHISHTI MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“Imam, HM Prisons Forest Bank and Buckley Hall. For services to Muslim People.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Imam, HM Prisons Forest Bank and Buckley Hall. For services to Muslim People.
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“Imam, HM Prisons Forest Bank and Buckley Hall. For services to Muslim People.”
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“Imam, HM Prisons Forest Bank and Buckley Hall. For services to Muslim People.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 598 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 63% of the list.
In their area
538 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater Manchester.
How widely is this recognised?
415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2009
Alan Cottle
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Surrey
“For services to Children and Young People with Special Needs in Surrey.”
Alan Craig
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Surrey
“Inspector, International Team, UK Border Agency, Home Office. For public and voluntary service.”
Alan Godfrey Swerdlow
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts and to the communities in Liverpool and Suffolk.”
Alan Kells
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Wiltshire
“Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. For public and voluntary service.”
Alderman Cecil James Cousley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Antrim
“For services to the Boys' Brigade and to Local Government in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland.”
Alec Brader
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Lincolnshire
“Lately Leader, Revesby Summer Playscheme, Boston, Lincolnshire. For services to Young People.”
Alec Gill
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to the fishing community in Kingston-upon-Hull.”
Alexander Moggach
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Glasgow
“For services to the Industry Engineers' Club Project.”
Alexander Ross Sutherland
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Highland
“For voluntary service to Swimming in Inverness.”
Alexandra Murray
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Highland
“Designer. For services to the Fashion and Textile Industries in Scotland.”
Alexandra Olivia Naish
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Bristol
“For services to Community Relations in Bristol.”
Alfred John Slow
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Dorset
“For voluntary service to the community in Wimborne, Dorset.”
Alice Patricia Middleton
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Hull
“Founder, Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide. For services to Vulnerable People.”
Alice Zeitlyn
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Cambridgeshire
“For voluntary service to the community in Cambridge.”
Alison Claire Finch
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Surrey
“Ward Sister and Senior Nurse, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Alison May Mcausland
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Cheshire
“For voluntary service to the community in Warrington, Cheshire.”
Allan Rees
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Bridgend
“For services to the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners and to the Royal British Legion in South Wales.”
Allan Roy Currall
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Berkshire
“Chair of Governors, Kendrick School, Reading. For voluntary service to Education.”
Amanda Estelle Carter
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Leicestershire
“For voluntary service to the community in Leicester.”
Andrea Johnstone
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Somerset
“For voluntary service to the community in Berrow, Somerset.”
Andrew Dougal Dempster
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Renfrewshire
“For voluntary service to Victim Support in Scotland.”
Andrew Forbes
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Fife
“Health, Safety and Security Manager, Babcock Marine. For services to Industry.”
Andrew Heath
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“For services to the Music Publishing Industry.”
Andrew Richard Platt
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Lancashire
“Prison Officer, HM Prison Manchester, Ministry of Justice. For public and voluntary service.”
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Philippa Ruth Penney
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Monmouthshire, Gwent
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Lewis Orchant
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Renfrewshire
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Russell John Manning
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“Lately Chair, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board. For services to the Jewish Community and to Charity”
Joy Madeiros
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Chigwell, Essex
“Group Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Charitable Trust and Founding Member, Women's Faith Forum. For services to Education and Faith Relations”
Robert Stephen Rubin
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London, Greater London
“Chair, Pentland Capital Limited and Pentland Group Limited. For services to Inter-Faith Relations and to Charity”
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Gerald Joseph Callister
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Port Erin and to the Church.”
Gerald Bennett Morris
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Truro, Cornwall
“For services to the community in the Parish of Perranzabuloe, Cornwall”
Gillian Anne Marriott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire
“For services to the Church and to the community in Long Eaton, Derbyshire”
Maureen Ann Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich.”
Arnold Sydney Lewis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the Jewish Community in Liverpool”
David Russel Lerner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish community in the London Borough of Harrow”
Barry Coleman Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich”
William Frank Gourlay Strang
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Lately Deputy Director, Europe Division, Scottish Government. For services to Intercultural Dialogue and Interfaith Relations”
Avtar Singh Matharu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“Professor of Chemistry, University of York. For services to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and to Interfaith and Community Cohesion”
Steven David Lewis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Jewish Care and the community in Greater London”
Nasser Kurdy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Community Interfaith Reconciliation”
Harjinder Lallie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Founder, Gurmat Sangeet Academy. For services to Musical Heritage, to Faith Communities and to Integration”
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive, Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade. For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance”
Norman Solomon
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish Community and to Interfaith Relations in Oxfordshire”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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