New Year Honours 2010
William David McWilliam CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Superintendent • Merseyside Police
Organisation: Merseyside Police
“For services to the Police and to Young People.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the Police and to Young People.
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Merseyside
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2010- Role at the time
- Superintendent, Merseyside Police
- Region
- Merseyside
“For services to the Police and to Young People.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 113 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Superintendent, Merseyside Police.
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2010
Adrian Charles Newland of Haematology and Director
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“For services to Medicine.”
Adrian Shooter
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Oxfordshire
“For services to the Rail Industry.”
Alastair Eric Hotson Salvesen
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Midlothian
“For services to the Arts and to Charity in Scotland.”
Alastair Hugh Fitter
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
North Yorkshire
“for Research, University of York.”
Alice Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Edinburgh
“For public service.”
Ann Beasley
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Surrey
Anthony Simonds-Gooding
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Bethan Haulwen Guilfoyle
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
“For services to Education in Wales.”
Brian Roy
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Wirral
“For services to the Aerospace Industry.”
Candy Morris
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
West Sussex
“For services to Healthcare.”
Carol Dezateux of Paediatric Epidemiology
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“For services to Science.”
Caroline Mary Rookes
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“for Retirement and Older People, Department for Work and Pensions.”
Charles David Ogilvy Barrie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Wiltshire
“For services to the Visual Arts.”
Christopher Charles Harling
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Devon
“For services to Occupational Health.”
Christopher John Skinner
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Hampshire
“For services to Social Science.”
Christopher Laurence Palmer
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Royal Navy
Christopher Mark Fisher
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
West Yorkshire
“for Work and Pensions.”
Christopher William Manning
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Clive Arthur Bairsto
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Royal Air Force
Colin Robert Harrison
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
North Yorkshire
“For services to Technology.”
David Goldstone
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Swansea
“For public service.”
David James Eadie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
David Leonard Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Lancashire
David Malcolm Orr
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Antrim
In the same field
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
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010).
Published 31 December 2009.
Location (Merseyside) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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