Birthday Honours 2026
Neil Fox CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Rugby League and to the community in West Yorkshire.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Rugby League and to the community in West Yorkshire.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2026
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Neil FOX M.B.E.
For services to Rugby League and to the community in West Yorkshire.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 65091 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Rugby League and to the community in West Yorkshire.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 100 times in the Birthday Honours List 2026 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
25 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Yorkshire.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 65091, notice 5153020. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2026).
Published 12 June 2026.
Location (Wakefield, West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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