
Birthday Honours 2013
Stephen Eley OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Grade 6 • Ministry of Defence
Organisation: Ministry of Defence
“For public service, especially in support of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For public service, especially in support of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Wiltshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2013- Role at the time
- lately Grade 6, Ministry of Defence
- Region
- Wiltshire
“For public service, especially in support of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 285 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Grade 6, Ministry of Defence.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2013
Adesola Olumide Adetosoye
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Kent
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Adrian John Tinniswood
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Somerset
“For services to Heritage.”
Alan David Armstrong
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Antrim
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Alan Glennie
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Hertfordshire
“For services to the Cabinet Office and Public Records Management.”
Alan Opie
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Surrey
“For services to Music.”
Alan William Mabbutt
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Buckinghamshire
Albert Henry Thomas Irvin
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London
Artist
Alexander Daniel Holt-Wilson
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Monmouthshire
“For Ophthalmologist services to People in Ethiopia.”
Alexandra Gray
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Edinburgh
“For services to Blood Transfusion.”
Alison McInnes
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Aberdeenshire
“for North East Scotland.”
Allen Worgan Cotton
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Somerset
“For services to Agriculture and to the community in Somerset.”
Allison Tennant
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Offender Health.”
Amanda Eliza McMillan
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Glasgow
“For services to Business and Tourism.”
Andrea Lesley Bilbow
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Middlesex
“For services to People with Attention Deficit and their Families.”
Andrew Campbell Ross
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West Sussex
“For services to Children.”
Andrew Charles Wood
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Norfolk
“For services to Business and the community in East Anglia.”
Andrew Dickens
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Royal Air Force
Andrew Hugh Cassidy
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Andrew James Elvin
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Royal Navy
Andrew John Pearce
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“For services to the safety of FCO staff, families and Embassies.”
Andrew Robert Finding
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Warwickshire
“For services to Equestrianism and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Andrew Stephen Vallance Jones
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Somerset
Andrew Trace Allan Wates
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Surrey
Angela Marie Whelan
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West Midlands
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Matthew Ellis
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
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Jack Emsley
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“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013).
Published 15 June 2013.
Location (Wiltshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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