Birthday Honours 2021
Sandra Horley DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
lately Chief Executive
“Lately Chief Executive, Refuge. For services to the Prevention of Domestic Abuse and the Protection of Women and Children”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Lately Chief Executive, Refuge. For services to the Prevention of Domestic Abuse and the Protection of Women and Children
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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
12 June 2021
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Sandra Gayl HORLEY C.B.E.
lately Chief Executive, Refuge
For services to the Prevention of Domestic Abuse and to the Protection of Women and Children.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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