New Year Honours 2013
Sarah Joanne STOREY DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
sport cyclist
“Cyclist. For services to Para-Cycling.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- sport cyclist
- Region
- Greater Manchester
“Cyclist. For services to Para-Cycling.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“Cyclist. For services to Para-Cycling.”
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“Cyclist. For services to Para-Cycling.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 12 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
9 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater Manchester.
What organisation were they with?
sport cyclist.
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 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2013
Angela Eileen Watkinson
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Member of Parliament for Hornchurch and Upminster. For public and political service.”
Dr Christine Braddock
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Worcestershire
“Principal and Chief Executive, Birmingham Metropolitan College. For services to Further Education.”
Helen Hyde
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Hertfordshire
“Headmistress, Watford Grammar School for Girls, Hertfordshire, and President, Foundation and Aided Schools National Association. For services to Education.”
Joan Mcvittie
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Headteacher, Woodside High School, Haringey, and Past President, Association of School and College Leaders. For services to Education.”
Nancy Hallett
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Former Chief Executive, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Priscilla Jane Newell
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to the Pension Industry and to Charity.”
Professor Carol Vivien Robinson
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Oxford. For services to Science and Industry.”
Professor Sarah Ann Cowley
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Dorset
“For services to Health Visiting.”
Rt Hon Margaret Mary Beckett
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Derbyshire
“For public and political service.”
Sally Coates
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Principal, Burlington Danes Academy, Hammersmith. For services to Education.”
Vicki Paterson
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Executive Headteacher, Brindishe Green School, Brindishe Lee School and Lee Manor School, Lewisham. For services to 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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Glyn Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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