New Year Honours 1955
Benjamin Garnet Lampard-Vachell CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Devon County .Education Committee
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1955 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1955
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 318 times in the New Year Honours List 1955 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Devon County .Education Committee.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1955
— Gawain Westray Bell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
— Geoffrey Cokayne Gibbs
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— Herbert Wright Brierley
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
— His Highness Aga Sultan Mahomed Shah
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
— Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Edward Adeane
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
—' Liieuteniant-General Edwin Otway Herbert
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
. Hugh Landale Prentis
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
) Desmond John Howard Bannister
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
) Wesley Frank . WrLLouGHBY
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Alan Cyril Levin Callaway
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Royal Marines
Alan Noble
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
“For political and public services in Lancashire.”
Alec Wilson Drew
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Alexander Hamill
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Alexandet McLEOD
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Alfred Charles Shirlaw
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Alfred Ernest Amor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Alfred Henry Parker
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Alfred Watson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Alfred William Hurll
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Allan Stewart Gilbert
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Allen Henry Wheeler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Alun Bennett Oldfield-Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Antony Greville Dudgeon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1955
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1955
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1955 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1954.
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