Birthday Honours 1939
Arthur Leopold Armstrong OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Colonial Administrative Service
Organisation: Colonial Administrative Service
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1939 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1939
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 1939- Role at the time
- Colonial Administrative Service
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 186 times in the Birthday Honours List 1939 — about 27% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1939
- and Brevet - Christopher Bell Sherriff
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
- Charles Ralfe Thompson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriarachchi Amarasekara
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— Ethel Chamier
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— Henry James Perry Anderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— Janet Rhoda Barr
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
(Ordnance
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Akhil Chandra Chatterjee
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Albert Smedley Judson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“for Maternity and Child Welfare.”
Albert Winter Gray
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For political services in Scotland.”
Alexander Robert Thomson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For public services in Southern Rhodesia.”
Alexander Sydney Joske
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Ammembal Vittal Pai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Platt Readman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Anne Keith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Superintendent
Archer Cust
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Archibald Pennant Campbell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur Albert Topp
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur Charles Carter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur Godfrey Lias
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For political and public services.”
Arthur Nelson Ottlejohn
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For public services in the State of New South Wales.”
Arthur William Lyne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Basil William Seager
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Bertram Charles Percival Park
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1939
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1939 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1939.
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