New Year Honours 2004
Paul Robert Colley OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Superintendent • Hampshire Constabulary
Organisation: Hampshire Constabulary
“For services to the Police.”
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“For services to the Police.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 294 times in the New Year Honours List 2004 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Superintendent, Hampshire Constabulary.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2004
Abraham Levy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to inter-faith co- operation.”
Adrian Jonathon Mark Maddox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Royal Air Force
Alan Malcolm Clarkson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to Swimming.”
Alan William Pemberton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.”
Alasdair MacConachie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to the community in Darlington, County Durham.”
Alastair James McDowell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For public service.”
Alexander Anderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to the Construction Industry in Scotland.”
Alexander Cameron Keay
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to the Ports Industry.”
Allan Charles Thornton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to the protection of wildlife and the environment.”
Andrea Joan Pierce
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Andrew Frederic Wallace-Hadrill
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to UK-Italian cultural relations.”
Andrew Michael Flint
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Andrew Michael McKendrick
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Royal Navy
Andrew Nicholas Williams
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Managing Director
Andrew Robert Cornell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
First Secretary
Andrew Salmon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Royal Marines
Anne Sloman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to Broadcasting.”
Anne Voase Coates Hickox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to film editing in the USA.”
Anthony Kennedy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Chief Executive
Anthony Wallace Thornburn
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Anton Mosimann
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to the Tourist and Food Industries.”
Appleton Laboratory
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Arek Victor Joseph
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to the community, Cayman Islands.”
Beatrix Wonke
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
“For services to Medicine.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public 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.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2004
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2004 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 2003.
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