Birthday Honours 2015
The Reverend Roger Charles REDDING MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“Chaplain to the Roma, Gypsy and Traveller community. For services to Interfaith Relations and community in the South West.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chaplain to the Roma, Gypsy and Traveller community. For services to Interfaith Relations and community in the South West.
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“Chaplain to the Roma, Gypsy and Traveller community. For services to Interfaith Relations and community in the South West.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“Chaplain to the Roma, Gypsy and Traveller community. For services to Interfaith Relations and community in the South West.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 540 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 43% of the list.
In their area
253 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Somerset.
How widely is this recognised?
415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2015
Aaron Durham
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Aaron Neal
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Adeline Reid
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Banffshire
“Founder, Keith Cancer Link. For services to Cancer Care in the North of Scotland.”
Adrian Hunter
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Agnes Houston
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Lanarkshire
“Vice-Chair, European Working Group for People with Dementia. For services to People with Dementia.”
Agnes Kennedy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Londonderry
“Governor, Castleroe Primary School. For services to Education in Northern Ireland and charitable services.”
Aileen Francis Paterson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Edinburgh
“Author and Illustrator. For services to Children's Literature.”
Aileen Margaret Parry
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Cheshire
“Chair of Governors, Oaklands School, Cheshire. For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Alan Charles Bartlett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Warwickshire
“Swimming Volunteer. For services to Swimming.”
Alan Francis Peter Lowe
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Devon
“For services to Scouting and to the community in Budleigh Salterton, Devon.”
Alastair William Marshall Murray
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Edinburgh
“Lately Security Office Operations Manager, Scottish Parliament. For parliamentary and community service in Scotland.”
Alderman John Robert Beggs
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Antrim
“Councillor, Larne Borough Council. For services to Local Government.”
Alderman William Thomas Kennedy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Antrim
“Councillor, Ballymoney Borough Council. For services to Local Government and Motorcycle Road Racing.”
Alexander Campbell Denholm
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
East Riding of Yorkshire
“Governor, East Riding College. For services to Further Education.”
Alexander Mack
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Alexis Charles Dobbin
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Gloucestershire
“For services to People with Disabilities through REMAP in Gloucestershire.”
Alice Emerald Walters
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“Technical Lead, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Forensic Firearms Examination.”
Alice Jane Bennett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Worcestershire
“Principal, Madresfield Early Years Centre, Worcestershire. For services to Early Years Education.”
Alice Mills
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Belfast
“Assistant Housing Services Manager, Northern Ireland Housing Executive. For services to Housing.”
Alison Beryl Harris
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
North Yorkshire
“For services to the British Horse Society and to Equestrian Sport in Yorkshire.”
Alison Mary Pendle
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Wiltshire
“Founder and Committee Member, West Wiltshire Portage Service. For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Aliya Jafri Azam
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“For voluntary and charitable services to Community Cohesion, particularly through the Al Khoei Foundation.”
Allan McLaren Fegen
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Perth and Kinross
“For services to Scouting in North East Scotland.”
Amanda Jane Butcher
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Wiltshire
“Director, RAF Cosford Airshow and Trustee/Director, Association of Sail Training Organisations. For charitable services.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Faith & Belief
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief. See the full list →
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Relations in Bedfordshire”
Raymond Simonson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, JW3. For services to Jewish Communities and to Community Cohesion”
Amy Pistol (Amy Wagner)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Director, Tackling Antisemitism in Education Programme, Palace Yard. For services to the Jewish Community”
Philippa Ruth Penney
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Monmouthshire, Gwent
“For services to Church Bell Ringing and to Young People”
Lewis Orchant
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Renfrewshire
“For services to the Jewish Community in Glasgow”
Russell John Manning
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“Lately Chair, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board. For services to the Jewish Community and to Charity”
Joy Madeiros
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chigwell, Essex
“Group Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Charitable Trust and Founding Member, Women's Faith Forum. For services to Education and Faith Relations”
Robert Stephen Rubin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chair, Pentland Capital Limited and Pentland Group Limited. For services to Inter-Faith Relations and to Charity”
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Gerald Joseph Callister
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Port Erin and to the Church.”
Gerald Bennett Morris
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Truro, Cornwall
“For services to the community in the Parish of Perranzabuloe, Cornwall”
Gillian Anne Marriott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire
“For services to the Church and to the community in Long Eaton, Derbyshire”
Maureen Ann Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich.”
Arnold Sydney Lewis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the Jewish Community in Liverpool”
David Russel Lerner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish community in the London Borough of Harrow”
Barry Coleman Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich”
William Frank Gourlay Strang
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Lately Deputy Director, Europe Division, Scottish Government. For services to Intercultural Dialogue and Interfaith Relations”
Avtar Singh Matharu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“Professor of Chemistry, University of York. For services to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and to Interfaith and Community Cohesion”
Steven David Lewis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Jewish Care and the community in Greater London”
Nasser Kurdy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Community Interfaith Reconciliation”
Harjinder Lallie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Founder, Gurmat Sangeet Academy. For services to Musical Heritage, to Faith Communities and to Integration”
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive, Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade. For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance”
Norman Solomon
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish Community and to Interfaith Relations in Oxfordshire”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2015.
Location (Somerset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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