New Year Honours 2003
Peter Bennett MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Heritage and to Education in the West Midlands.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Heritage and to Education in the West Midlands.
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“For services to Heritage and to Education in the West Midlands.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 585 times in the New Year Honours List 2003 — about 54% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2003
Abdul Ghani
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the community in Birmingham.”
Adah Burns
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to OXFAM in Glasgow.”
Alan Birchall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Primary Health Care in Nottingham.”
Alan Birchenall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For Charitable Services to the community in Leicestershire.”
Alan Booth. Crime Prevention
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Neighbourhood Watch.”
Alan Brian John Matthews
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Royal Air Force
Alan David Thompson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Alan Llewellyn Denman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Alan Noble
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Adult and Community Education.”
Alan Reid
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Kaleidoscope Youth Club, Blackburn, Lancashire.”
Alan Roy James
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Second Secretary
Albert Llewellyn Davies
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Local Government and to the community in the Cynon Valley.”
Alexa Jane Murray Brooks
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Broadcasting.”
Alexander David Dick Blues and Royals.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Alison Lapper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Art.”
Alistair Gordon Fraser
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Alistair Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Local Government and to the community in Clydebank.”
Alistair McCowan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to the Applecross Community, Strathcarron, Ross-shire.”
Alister Brown Haveron
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Allan Cameron Steele
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Local Government.”
Andrew Christie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Scottish Wildlife.”
Andrew Desmond Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
Royal Corps of Signals
Andrew Pollock
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For public service.”
Andrew Price McConaghy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2003
“For services to Local Government.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2003
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2003).
Published 31 December 2002.
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