“Not Ourselves, but the Cause”

The Daughters of the British Empire (DBE) is a charitable, non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, voluntary American society of women of British or Commonwealth of Nations birth or ancestry. Women, whose spouses, spouse’s parent(s), or grandparent(s) are of British or Commonwealth birth, are also eligible.

OUR MEMBERS HAVE ANCESTRY FROM:

  • Anguilla

  • Antigua and Barbuda

  • Ascension Island

  • Australia

  • Bahamas

  • Bailiwick of Guernsey

  • Bailiwick of Jersey

  • Bangladesh

  • Barbados

  • Belize

  • Bermuda

  • Botswana

  • British Virgin Islands

  • Brunei Darussalam

  • Cameroon

  • Canada

  • Cayman Islands

  • Channel Islands

  • Cyprus

  • Dominica

  • England

  • Falkland Islands

  • Fiji

  • Gabon

  • The Gambia

  • Ghana

  • Gibraltar

  • Grenada

  • Guyana

  • India

  • Isle of Man

  • Jamaica

  • Kenya

  • The Kingdom of Eswatini

  • Kiribati

  • Lesotho

  • Malawi

  • Malaysia

  • Maldives

  • Malta

  • Mauritius

  • Montserrat

  • Mozambique

  • Namibia

  • Nauru

  • New Zealand

  • Nigeria

  • Northern Ireland

  • Pakistan

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and the Oeno Islands

  • Rwanda

  • Saint Helena

  • Saint Lucia

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Samoa

  • Scotland

  • Seychelles

  • Sierra Leone

  • Singapore

  • Solomon Islands

  • South Africa

  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • Sri Lanka

  • St. Helena

  • St. Lucia

  • St. Kitts and Nevis

  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Togo

  • Tonga

  • Trinidad and Tobago

  • Tristan da Cunha

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Tuvalu

  • Uganda

  • United Kingdom

  • United Republic of Tanzania

  • Vanuatu

  • Wales

  • Zambia

OUR MEMBERS CONSIDER THEMSELVES:

  • American

  • Anguillan

  • Antiguan

  • Australian

  • Bahamian

  • Bangladeshi

  • Barbadian

  • Barbudan

  • Basotho

  • Batswana

  • Belizean

  • Bermudian

  • British

  • British Virgin Islander

  • Bruneian

  • Cameroonian

  • Canadian

  • Caymanian

  • Channel Islanders

  • Cypriot

  • Dominican

  • Emaswati

  • English

  • Falkland Islander

  • Falklander

  • Fijian

  • Gabonese

  • Gabonaise

  • Gambian

  • Ghanaian

  • Gibraltarian

  • Giernésiaise

  • Grenadian

  • Guernseywomen

  • Guyanese

  • Helenian

  • I-Kiribati

  • Indian

  • Jamaican

  • Jèrriaise

  • Jerseywomen

  • Kenyan

  • Kittitian

  • Liswati

  • Llanito

  • Malawian

  • Malaysian

  • Maldivian

  • Maltese

  • Manx

  • Mauritian

  • Mosotho

  • Motswana

  • Mozambican

  • Namibian

  • Nauruan

  • Nevisian

  • New Zealanders

  • Nigerian

  • Ni-Vanuatu

  • Northern Irish

  • Pakistani

  • Papuan

  • Pitcairn Islanders

  • Rwandan

  • Rwandese

  • Saint Helenian

  • Saint Lucian

  • Saint Vincentian

  • Samoan

  • Scottish

  • Seselwa

  • Seychellois

  • Seychelloise

  • Sierra Leonean

  • Singaporean

  • Solomon Islanders

  • South African

  • South Georgian

  • South Sandwich Islander

  • Sri Lankan

  • Tanzanian

  • Tobagonian

  • Togolese

  • Tongan

  • Trinbagonian

  • Trini

  • Trinidadian

  • Tristanian

  • Turks and Caicos Islander

  • Tuvaluan

  • Ugandan

  • Vanuatuan

  • Vincentian

  • Vincy

  • Welsh

  • Zambian