Birthday Honours 2018
Williamx Mccurrach OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Food
“For services to Education in the Hospitality Industry.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Education in the Hospitality Industry.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Williamx Hay McCURRACH
Curriculum Head, Food, City of Glasgow College
For services to Education in the Hospitality Industry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Glasgow
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- Food
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- Glasgow
“For services to Education in the Hospitality Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 267 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Food.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041710. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Location (Glasgow) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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