Birthday Honours 2008
Philip Douglas SILVESTER CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Headteacher, Westfield Technology College, Dorset. For services to local and national Special Needs Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Headteacher, Westfield Technology College, Dorset. For services to local and national Special Needs Education.
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“Headteacher, Westfield Technology College, Dorset. For services to local and national Special Needs Education.”
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Philip Douglas Silvester
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Headteacher, Westfield Technology College, Dorset. For services to local and national Special Needs Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 97 times in the Birthday Honours List 2008 — about 10% of the list.
In their area
15 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Dorset.
How widely is this recognised?
4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2008.
Location (Dorset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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