2001 Birthday Honours Explained

The Queen's Birthday Honours 2001 was announced on 16 June 2001 for the United Kingdom[1] (including Northern Ireland), New Zealand (4 June),[2] Australia (11 June),[3] Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Belize and Saint Christopher and Nevis on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday.

Recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour. They are arranged by the country whose ministers advised Queen Elizabeth II on the appointments, honour, degree and where appropriate by division (i.e. Civil and Military). The order of precedence is determined by each individual realm.

United Kingdom

Knight Bachelor

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division

Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Civil Division

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

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 Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

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)

Royal Victorian Medal

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold)

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

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

Civilian Division

Diplomatic and overseas

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Diplomatic and overseas

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

The Commonwealth

Bahamas

Order Of St Michael And St George

Knight Commander (K.C.M.G.)
Companions of the St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

Queen's Police Medal (Q.P.M.)

Barbados

Order Of The British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

Belize

Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

Grenada

Order Of The British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

Papua New Guinea

Order of St Michael and St George

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (Military) (M.B.E.)

British Empire Medal (B.E.M)

British Empire Medal (Military) (B.E.M.)

Saint Christopher and Nevis

Order Of St Michael and St George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

Order Of The British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

British Empire Medal (B.E.M)

Saint Lucia

Order Of St Michael and St George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

Order Of The British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

British Empire Medal (B.E.M)

Saint Vincent

Order Of The British Empire

Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)

Solomon Islands

Knight Bachelor

Order Of The British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

Tuvalu

Order Of The British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

Australia

See main article: 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia).

New Zealand

See main article: 2001 Birthday Honours (New Zealand).

Notes and References

  1. United Kingdom
  2. Web site: The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2001 . . 4 June 2001.
  3. Web site: The Queen's Birthday 2001 Honours . 11 June 2001 . Government House, Canberra . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403153511/http://gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/QB01.pdf . 3 April 2015 .
  4. News: The Queen's Birthday Honours. BBC. 2001-06-15. 2015-05-26.