New Year Honours 2013
Professor Michael BROOKES OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Senior Manager B, HMP Grendon. For services to HM Prison Service and the Care of Prisoners.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Senior Manager B, HMP Grendon. For services to HM Prison Service and the Care of Prisoners.
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“Senior Manager B, HMP Grendon. For services to HM Prison Service and the Care of Prisoners.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 247 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 20% of the list.
In their area
148 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
How widely is this recognised?
925 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Alice Mary Davidson
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Merseyside
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Berwickshire
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Flintshire
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North Yorkshire
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Surrey
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
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Exeter, Devon
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London, Greater London
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Preston, Lancashire
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Darwen, Lancashire
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Northumberland
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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