New Year Honours 2020
Yvonne Mason OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Young People in Norfolk and Suffolk.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Young People in Norfolk and Suffolk.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased 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:
Yvonne MASON
Founder and Chair of Trustees, The Mason Trust
For services to Young People in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Young People in Norfolk and Suffolk.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 280 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 20% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Roderick Wood
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Pamela Pattinson
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Leonard Pattinson
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Jeremy Penn
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Sevenoaks, Kent
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454977. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Suffolk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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