(in the UK) the awards and titles conferred by the sovereign on his or her official birthday.
he was appointed a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for political and charitable services
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A dedicated doctor who has devoted more than three decades of his life to Shipston Medical Centre has been awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
He received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours earlier this year and received a CBE in 1996 for services to agriculture.
The Beatles were made MBEs in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
In the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 1922, he was created a Knight Commander of the British Empire.
He was knighted for services to nursing and the NHS in the Queen's Birthday Honours last year.
The Queen's Birthday Honours are awarded on a Saturday in June.
He said the knighthood, awarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours, recognised ‘the work of the community at large’.
Two of Britain's football legends were rewarded today in a Birthday Honours List published on the day Euro 2004 kicks off.
In 1998, after my Dad's retail endeavours had more or less finished, my Dad received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours, a wonderful achievement of which he is rightly very proud of.
He was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to science and education.
A legendary Olympic coach responsible for training more than 200 international athletes receives an MBE in today's Queen's Birthday Honours.
In 2000 she was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to science broadcasting.
Once again, several people from Croydon were in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, released at the weekend.
He was made a Freeman of the City of Bradford, and made Companion of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 1997.
Aviation, literary and ecclesiastical pioneers, a senior judge and a sports stalwart head this year's Queen's Birthday Honours.
And she has been rewarded for that passion in the Queen's Birthday Honours, which saw her awarded a New Zealand Order of Merit.
She was awarded an MBE in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to ethnic minorities and business.
Last June, the 53-year-old Gent was included in the Queen's Birthday Honours list and knighted for his services to the telecoms industry.
Jim was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2002.
These three personnel join 22 other members of the RAN who were named on this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list.