New Year Honours 2014
Stephen John Rimmer CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General
“Director General, Crime and Policing Group, Home Office. For services to Criminal Justice and Policing Reform.”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General, Crime and Policing Group, Home Office. For services to Criminal Justice and Policing Reform.
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Companion of the Order of the Bath
New Year Honours 2014- Role at the time
- Director General
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“Director General, Crime and Policing Group, Home Office. For services to Criminal Justice and Policing Reform.”
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“Director General, Crime and Policing Group, Home Office. For services to Criminal Justice and Policing Reform.”
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director General.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Year Honours 2014
Bruce Fiddes Houlder
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
London
“Director of Service Prosecutions, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence, particularly Armed Forces Justice.”
Carew Lovell Wilks
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Dr Derek William Feeley
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
USA
“Lately Director-General, Health and Social Care, Scottish Government. For services to Healthcare.”
Dr Philip John Rycroft
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
East Lothian
“Director General, Deputy Prime Minister's Office. For services to the UK's Devolved and Coalition Governments.”
John Howard James Gower
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
John James Pullinger
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Kent
“Librarian and Director General, Information Services, House of Commons. For services to Parliament and voluntary service to the community through Great Culverden Park Ltd”
John McNiven Ross Henderson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Matthew John Parr
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Michael Anderson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
East Sussex
“Prime Minister's Envoy on UN Development Goals, Department for International Development. For services to International Development.”
Michael Charles Lancaster Carpenter
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Surrey
“Speaker's Counsel, House of Commons. For services to Parliament and voluntary service to the community in Surrey.”
Michael James Ellam
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
London
“Lately Director-General, International and Finance, HM Treasury. For services to International Finance Policy.”
Vice-Marshal Lindsay John Irvine
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Royal Air Force
Vice-Marshal Ross Paterson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
William Crothers
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2014
Surrey
“Chief Procurement Officer, HM Government. For services to Government Efficiency and Commercial Capability.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Karen Andrew
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Taylor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“For services to Science in Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Marcos Petrou
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Buhagiar
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Dudley Martin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Policing Community.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Leslie Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
“For services to Policing and to the community in Essex.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 1 January 2014.
Location (Northamptonshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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