Birthday Honours 2025
Simon Saunders OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Telecommunications.”
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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
14 June 2025
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Simon Reza SAUNDERS FREng.
Honorary Professor, University of Bristol
For services to Telecommunications.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Telecommunications.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 294 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
42 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Sussex.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4906224. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Pulborough, West Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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