New Year Honours 2024
Vivien Waterfield CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Deputy Chief Executive
“For services to Early Years Learning.”
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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
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order
Vivien WATERFIELD
Deputy Chief Executive, Home-Start
For services to Early Years Learning.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Deputy Chief Executive
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- Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Early Years Learning.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 119 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
11 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Leicestershire.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520118. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Leicester, Leicestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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