New Year Honours 2016
Reverend Paul Anthony EPTON MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the community and Building Regeneration in Birkenhead, Merseyside.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the community and Building Regeneration in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
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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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Reverend Paul Anthony EPTON
For services to the community and Building Regeneration in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the community and Building Regeneration in Birkenhead, Merseyside.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 573 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 39% of the list.
In their area
329 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Merseyside.
How widely is this recognised?
11,402 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2016
(Cyril) Jeffrey Fox
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Cambridgeshire
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Leicestershire
“For services to the community and charity in Leicestershire.”
Adrian Wills
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Derbyshire
“Head, Leicester Library Service. For services to the community in Leicester.”
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London
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Aftab Ahmed Chughtai
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West Midlands
“For services to Business and Community Relations in Birmingham.”
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London
“Trustee, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. For services to the Jewish Community and Holocaust Awareness.”
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Staffordshire
“Chief Executive Officer, Awan Marketing International. For services to Business and International Trade.”
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“Chief Executive and Founder, National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society. For services to People with Rheumatoid Arthritis.”
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Alan Trigg Grant
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Perth and Kinross
“Councillor, Perth and Kinross Council. For voluntary service in Perth and Kinross.”
Alexandra Louise Hyatt
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Buckinghamshire
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Alice Lester
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London
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Alina Ibragimova
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London
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Alison Lewy
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London
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Alison Mihail
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Berkshire
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South Yorkshire
“Professor of Andrology, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield. For services to Reproductive Medicine.”
Amy Harriet Hughes
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“For services to humanitarian and emergency medicine.”
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Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Ruth Verner
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Antrim, County Antrim
“For services to the community in County Antrim”
Christine Joy Wheatley
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For services to the community in Horsted Keynes, West Sussex”
Darren Ward
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Olney, Buckinghamshire
“Lately Railwayman, West Midlands Trains and Freightliner Group. For Charitable Service, particularly to Birmingham Children's Hospital”
John Turner
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Adult Instructor, Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force. For voluntary services to Young People and to Charitable Fundraising”
Nicholas Kevin Davis Ward
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Carnforth, Lancashire
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Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
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Craig Thomas Trail
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Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
“Chairman of Sandhaven and Pitullie Harbour Trust. For services to the community in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire”
Jean Mary Todd
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Windsor, Berkshire
“For services to the community in Windsor, Berkshire”
Donald Richard Todd
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Windsor, Berkshire
“For services to the community in Windsor, Berkshire”
Hazel Tomkins
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Volunteer, The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow. For Charitable Service”
Graham Syrett
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to the community in Cotham and Kingsdown, Bristol”
Jennifer Jaculin Thomas
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London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service”
Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Beryl Shirley Stubbins
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Downham Market, Norfolk
“For services to the community in Norfolk”
Neville Percy Stephens
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Craven Arms, Shropshire
“For services to the community in Craven Arms, Shropshire”
Martyn Clive Steers
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Maidstone, Kent
“Volunteer, St John Ambulance Kent. For voluntary services to Community First Aid”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454458. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 30 December 2015.
Location (Merseyside) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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