Birthday Honours 2015
Richard Saunders MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Grassroots Sport in the North West.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Grassroots Sport in the North West.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, 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:
Richard Victor SAUNDERS
lately Chief Executive, GreaterSport
For services to Grassroots Sport in the North West.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Greater Manchester
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2015- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
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- Greater Manchester
“For services to Grassroots Sport in the North West.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 577 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 40% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Devon
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“For services to Early Years Education.”
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Wiltshire
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
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Stromness, Orkney
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Lee Carsley
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
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London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
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London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
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Gorebridge, Midlothian
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William Ryan
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Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
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Wrexham, Clwyd
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Naomi Issitt
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Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
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Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2348395. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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