Overview
- The Forfeiture Committee recommended removal and the King approved it, with the honour now cancelled on the official register.
- A London Gazette notice confirmed the forfeiture, which requires the return of the insignia and bars use of the MBE title.
- Cumbria Police and the RSPCA seized 26 owls from a Brady’s Yard lockup and five from a Foxfield Lane property during the 2022 investigation.
- Rose pleaded guilty in 2024 and received a 20‑week jail term suspended for two years along with a five‑year ban on owning or keeping birds.
- He was awarded the MBE in 2001 for services to the defence industry, while a local sanctuary manager called the honour’s removal insufficient.