Birthday Honours 2013
Rosemary WILLIAMS OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Lately Managing Director, Rugby Football Union for Women. For services to Women's Rugby Union.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Managing Director, Rugby Football Union for Women. For services to Women's Rugby Union.
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“Lately Managing Director, Rugby Football Union for Women. For services to Women's Rugby Union.”
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“Lately Managing Director, Rugby Football Union for Women. For services to Women's Rugby Union.”
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“Lately Managing Director, Rugby Football Union for Women. For services to Women's Rugby Union.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 224 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
64 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Middlesex.
How widely is this recognised?
2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2013
Adesola Olumide Adetosoye
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London, Kent
“Lately Divisional Director, Children and Young People’s Services, Lambeth Council. For services to Children and Young People.”
Adrian John Tinniswood
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Somerset
“For services to Heritage.”
Adrian Winstanley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“Lately Director General , London Court of International Arbitration. For services to International Arbitration.”
Alan David Armstrong
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Antrim
“Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Almac Group. For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Alan Glennie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Hertfordshire
“Deputy Departmental Records Officer, Cabinet Office. For services to the Cabinet Office and Public Records Management.”
Alan Mabbutt
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Buckinghamshire
“Head of Local Government, Conservative Campaign Headquarters. For services to Local Government and Political Engagement.”
Alan Opie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“Operatic Baritone. For services to Music.”
Albert Henry Thomas Irvin
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Artist. For services to the Visual Arts.”
Alexander Daniel Holt-Wilson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Monmouthshire
“For Ophthalmologist services to People in Ethiopia.”
Alexandra Gray
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Edinburgh
“Nurse Consultant, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. For services to Blood Transfusion.”
Alison Mcinnes
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Aberdeenshire
“Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland. For public and political service.”
Allen Worgan Cotton
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Somerset
“For services to Agriculture and to the community in Somerset.”
Allison Tennant
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
South Yorkshire
“Nurse Consultant, Peaks Unit, Rampton Hospital. For services to Offender Health.”
Amanda Eliza Mcmillan
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Glasgow
“Managing Director, Glasgow Airport. For services to Business and Tourism.”
Andrea Lesley Bilbow
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Middlesex
“Founder and Chief Executive, Attention Deficit Information and Support Service. For services to People with Attention Deficit and their Families.”
Andrew Campbell Ross
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
West Sussex
“Lately Chief Executive, The Children's Trust. For services to Children.”
Andrew James Clifford
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Berkshire
“Business Adviser and Head, Charity and Education Sector Advisory Team, Baker Tilly Chartered Accountants. For services to Social Investment.”
Andrew Robert Finding
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Warwickshire
“Chief Executive, British Equestrian Federation. For services to Equestrianism and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Andrew Stephen Vallance Jones
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Somerset
“Lately First Secretary (Migration) British Embassy Kabul. For services to International Migration Operations.”
Andrew Trace Allan Wates
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“For services to Family Business, charity and to the community in Surrey.”
Angela Marie Whelan
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
West Midlands
“Lately Headteacher, St. Paul's School for Girls, Edgbaston. For services to Education in Birmingham.”
Ann Black
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Secretary, Constituency Labour Party, Oxford East. For parliamentary and political service.”
Anna Southall
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Bristol
“For public and charitable services.”
Anne Catherine Oxborough
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Devon
“Lately Assistant Principal, Exeter College. For services to Further Education.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Johanna Norman
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“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Glyn Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands”
David Thomas Crowe Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Alan Christopher Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport”
Edmund Harold Shillabeer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire”
James Isaac McDONALD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan”
Linda Annette Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing”
Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Location (Middlesex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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