Birthday Honours 2008
Robert John Wright MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Coxswain • Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Organisation: Royal National Lifeboat Institution
“For voluntary service to Maritime Safety.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2008
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Coxswain, Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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- Gwynedd
“For voluntary service to Maritime Safety.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 697 times in the Birthday Honours List 2008 — about 58% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Coxswain, Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 Birthday Honours 2008
Adrian James Clarke
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First Secretary
Aileen Probert Kells
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Edinburgh
“For voluntary service to the Girls’ Brigade in Scotland.”
Ajibha Linney
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Surrey
“For services to Healthcare.”
Alan George Gower
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Hampshire
Alan John Lindsay Moore
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Royal Army Medical Corps
Alan Johnson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Merseyside
“For services to Vintage and Veteran Vehicle Restoration and Heritage.”
Alan Kenneth Burnett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
South Glamorgan
“For services to Medicine.”
Alan Macdonald Clark
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Kent
“For charitable services.”
Alan Pendlebury
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Somerset
Albert Edward Pallent
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Kent
“For services to Sport and for voluntary service to the community in Tonbridge, Kent.”
Alex Alphonso Wheatle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“For services to Literature.”
Alexander Graham Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Royal Air Force
Alexander Highlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Greater Manchester
“For services to the Voluntary Sector in Greater Manchester.”
Alexander Kirk
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Glasgow
“For services to Further Education and to the community in Glasgow.”
Alexander Maybin Wilson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Antrim
“For services to the community in Northern Ireland.”
Alexander McLay Rennie Royal Regiment of Scotland.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
) The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Alexander McMinn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Lancashire
“For services to the community in Ormskirk, Lancashire.”
Alexander Stirling
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Army Cadet Force
Alexandra Buchan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Belfast
“for Social Development, Northern Ireland Executive.”
Alfred Coutts Ingram
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Dundee
“For voluntary service to Mountain Rescue in Scotland.”
Alfred Edward Jenkins
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Shropshire
“For services to Heritage and to the community in Clee Hill, South Shropshire.”
Alfred Peter Paul Burden
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Essex
“For voluntary service to the Malaya and Borneo Veterans’ Association.”
Alice Elizabeth Primrose Wyborn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hertfordshire
“For services to People with Eczema.”
Alison Clare Cattanach
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008).
Published 14 June 2008.
Location (Gwynedd) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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