Birthday Honours 2015
Valerie Maynard MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Prisoners and their Families.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Prisoners and their Families.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
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:
Mrs. Valerie Joy MAYNARD
Prison Volunteer, H.M.Prison Lewes
For services to Prisoners and their Families.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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West Sussex
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“For services to Prisoners and their Families.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 577 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 40% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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
(Elizabeth) June Baxter
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Fife
“For services to Heritage and the community in Fife.”
(Martha) Eleanor Mearns
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Down
“For services to Young People in Northern Ireland.”
Aaron Durham
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Aaron Neal
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Adeline Reid
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Banffshire
“For services to Cancer Care in the North of Scotland.”
Adrian Hopkins
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Kent
“For humanitarian services in Africa.”
Adrian Hunter
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Agnes Houston
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Lanarkshire
“For services to People with Dementia.”
Agnes Kennedy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Londonderry
“For services to Education in Northern Ireland and charitable services.”
Aileen Parry
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Cheshire
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Aileen Paterson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Edinburgh
“For services to Children’s Literature.”
Alan Bartlett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Warwickshire
“For services to Swimming.”
Alan Lowe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Devon
“For services to Scouting and to the community in Budleigh Salterton, Devon.”
Alastair Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Edinburgh
“For parliamentary and community service in Scotland.”
Alderman Beggs
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Antrim
“For services to Local Government.”
Alexander Denholm
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Alexander Mack
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Alexis Dobbin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Gloucestershire
“For services to People with Disabilities through REMAP in Gloucestershire.”
Alice Bennett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Worcestershire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Alice Mills
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Belfast
“For services to Housing.”
Alice Walters
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“For services to Forensic Firearms Examination.”
Alison Gomme
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
“For services to the Isle of Man Prison and Probation Services.”
Alison Harris
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
North Yorkshire
“For services to the British Horse Society and to Equestrian Sport in Yorkshire.”
Alison Pendle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Wiltshire
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
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Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
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.”
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.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
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.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
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.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
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.”
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2348295. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
Location (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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