Birthday Honours 2023
Samuel Curran MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Cricket.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His 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:
Samuel Matthew CURRAN
For services to Cricket.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
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- Egham, Surrey
“For services to Cricket.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 599 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
163 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Surrey.
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2023
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Emily Scarratt
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Kim Watson
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Colchester, Essex
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Alan Thurlow
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London, Greater London
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Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Jennifer Smyth
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
David Smallwoods
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football.”
Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Alan Parker
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
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James Mcdonald
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Jason Land
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Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Lynn Hay
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London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Leslie France
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Blackpool, Lancashire
“For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan.”
Linda Gaine
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Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
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George Dodd
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Carlisle, Cumbria
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4378792. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (Egham, Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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