New Year Honours 2001
Patricia Ann Cross CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Patricia Ann • St John’s Church of England Primary School
“For services to Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2001
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2001- Role at the time
- Patricia Ann, St John’s Church of England Primary School
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 109 times in the New Year Honours List 2001 — about 10% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Patricia Ann, St John’s Church of England Primary School.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2001
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“For services to the Private Finance Initiative.”
Alan Roy Brown
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“for Scotland, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment.”
Alexander Muncie Gold
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“For services to Industry and Business.”
Amanda Jane Finlay
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Andrew Cubie
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“For services to Business and the community in Scotland.”
Andrew Graves
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“For services to Competitiveness in Industry.”
Ann Lomas Loades of Divinity
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“For services to Theology.”
Anne Elizabeth Owers
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“For services to Human Rights.”
Barry Quirk
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“For services to Local Government.”
Bridget Ellen Towle
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“For services to Guiding.”
Bronwyn Hill
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Divisional Manager
Charles Catholic Sixth Form College
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“For services to Education.”
Christopher Henry Sporborg
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“For charitable services.”
Christopher Michael Steirn
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late The Royal Logistic Corps
Colin Angus Barnes
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“For services to Aviation.”
Colin MacKay
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“For services to Medicine.”
David Ivor Macpherson Sutherland
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“for Scotland.”
David John Roe
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lately Head
David Lawrence Hamblen
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“For services to the NHS.”
David Melville
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“For services to Education.”
David William Rhind
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“For services to Geographical and Social Sciences.”
Development in North East England.
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Douglas Brian Liversidge
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“For services to Industry.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
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London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2001
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2001).
Published 30 December 2000.
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