Birthday Honours 2013
Samuel Brian Rea CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Policing and the community in Northern Ireland.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Policing and the community in Northern Ireland.
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“For services to Policing and the community in Northern Ireland.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 121 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 8% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2013
Alban Francis Xavier Green
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Albert Peter Weale
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Political Science.”
Alison Murray MacLeod of Medicine
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Aberdeenshire
“For services to Life Science Research.”
Allan John Bowman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
East Sussex
“for Excellence.”
Allan Johnstone Massie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“For services to Literature.”
Andrew Edward Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
North Yorkshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Andrew Richard Darwen Sharpe
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Anthony Francis Heath
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For services to Social Science.”
Anthony George Rudd
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“for Stroke, St Thomas’s Hospital, London.”
Anthony Stanley Lau-Walker
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“for Employment and Skills.”
Anthony Tomei
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Education.”
Brian Stein
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Nottinghamshire
“For services to Business and to the community in Leicestershire.”
Carol Homden
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“for Children.”
Caroline Louise Cooper
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Social Investment.”
Cecil Duckworth
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Worcestershire
“For services to charity and to the community in Worcestershire.”
Charles Dorsey Mackay
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Heritage and Conservation.”
Christie Smith
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
East Lothian
“For services to Emergency Services Reform in Scotland.”
Christine Farnish
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
East Sussex
“For services to Financial Services and Consumer Affairs.”
Christopher John Allison
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Middlesex
“for London 2012.”
Christopher Martin Richards
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Royal Navy
Claire Bloom
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Drama.”
Dale Jane Murray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Business.”
David Frederick Montague
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Housing in London.”
David John Pitchford
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Government Project Management.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013).
Published 15 June 2013.
Location (Down) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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