1993 Birthday Honours Explained

The 1993 Queen's Birthday honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's birthday celebrations and were announced on 11 June 1993 for the United Kingdom,[1] the Bahamas,[2] Solomon Islands,[3] Saint Lucia,[4] Grenada,[5] Papua New Guinea,[6] and New Zealand and the Cook Islands.[7] The list for Australia was announced separately on 14 June.[8]

Recipients of awards are shown below as they were styled before their new honours.

United Kingdom

Life peer (Baron)

Privy Counsellor (PC)

Knight Bachelor

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Civil Division

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Military division

Civil division

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army

Civil division

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil division

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

New Zealand

See main article: 1993 Birthday Honours (New Zealand).

Cook Islands

Order of the British Empire

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil division

Papua New Guinea

Knights Bachelor (Kt)

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion (CMG)

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

Officer (OBE)

Civil division
Military division

Member (MBE)

Civil division

Imperial Service Order

Companion (ISO)

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil division

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

Bahamas

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion (CMG)

Order of the British Empire

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

Member (MBE)

Civil division

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil division

Solomon Islands

Order of the British Empire

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil division

Saint Lucia

Order of the British Empire

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

Member (MBE)

Civil division

Grenada

Order of the British Empire

Member (MBE)

Civil division

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil division

Notes and References

  1. United Kingdom:
  2. Bahamas:
  3. Solomon Islands:
  4. Saint Lucia:
  5. Grenada:
  6. Papua New Guinea:
  7. New Zealand and Cook Islands:
  8. Australia: The Queen's Birthday 1993 Honours List, Government House, Canberra, 14 June 1993