New Year Honours 1948
Assistant Director of Telecommunications OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Esq.
Organisation: Esq
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1948 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1948
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 356 times in the New Year Honours List 1948 — about 24% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Esq.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1948
- Denis Swinburne Royal Ulster Rifles.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
—• Temporary-Commander Thomas Alex- ander Leitch
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? •Frederick William Whiteman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
. Alec Baden Kendall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
'William Mace Mair
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
) Keith Lionel Beddington
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
£ommander Harold Gordon Blake
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Agnes Hedvig Hicks
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alan Warwick Percy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Albert Gordon Store
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alfred .Augustus Brown
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alfred Lawson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alfred Lynas
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alice Elizabeth Drakes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Allan Whitfield
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
“for Germany (British Element).”
Amar Nath Maini
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
“For public services.”
Andrew Hamilton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Andrew Love Millar
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Andrew Scott Weston
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Anne Geddes Gilchrist
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
“For services to Folk Song Music.”
Anthony Charles Ker Maunsell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
“For social and charitable services in Madras.”
Anthony George Carl Somerhough
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Anthony Leonard Peyman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Archdeacon Charles Stokely Doorly
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1948
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1948 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1947.
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