Birthday Honours 2019
Shirley Sorbie MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Children with Disabilities in Dorset.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Children with Disabilities in Dorset.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Shirley Joan SORBIE
For services to Children with Disabilities in Dorset.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Children with Disabilities in Dorset.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 498 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 37% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3295058. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (Dorset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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