New Year Honours 2016
Patricia Straughen OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to charity and Cancer Care in the North East of Scotland”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to charity and Cancer Care in the North East of Scotland
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Mrs Patricia Helen Ann STRAUGHEN
For services to charity and Cancer Care in the North East of Scotland
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Aberdeen
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“For services to charity and Cancer Care in the North East of Scotland”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 19% of the list.
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.
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“For services to the Administration of Justice”
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Gloucestershire
“For services to Public Administration.”
Alan Gemmell
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“For services to cultural relations in the area of Arts and Science.”
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Surrey
“For services to Science and Industry”
Alan Willson
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Swansea
“For services to the Quality and Safety of Healthcare in Wales”
Albert Thomas Keeling
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Alison Allden
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Bristol
“For services to Higher Education.”
Alison Petch
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Ross and Cromarty
“For services to Social Services in Scotland.”
Alistair Campbell
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West Lothian
“For services to the Economy and Town Centre Regeneration.”
Amanda Ariss
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London
“For services to Equality.”
Amanda Boyle
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Aberdeen
“For services to Business.”
Amanda Howe
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Norfolk
“For services to Primary Care.”
Andrew Corcoran
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London
“For services in Support of Military Operations”
Andrew Haines
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Transport”
Andrew Knight
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Andrew Watson
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Policing and Counter Terrorism”
Angela White
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North Yorkshire
“For services to Community Action”
Anita Zabludowicz
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London
“For services to the Arts”
Ann Hebden
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London
“For services to Defence”
Annabel Stilgoe
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Surrey
“For charitable services”
Annalu Waller
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Dundee
“For services to people with Complex Communication Needs”
Anne Connolly
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Londonderry
“For services to Policing and Education in Northern Ireland.”
Anne O’reilly
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Belfast
“For services to Older People and the Voluntary Sector.”
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Michael Cooper
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Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
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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
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Carole Stevens
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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
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Adrian Richards
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Ferryhill, County Durham
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Derek Reid
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
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Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
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London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
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Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
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Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
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Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
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Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
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Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454311. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Aberdeen) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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