New Year Honours 1980
Cecil Albert Jacobs CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1980 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1980
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 27 times in the New Year Honours List 1980 — about 5% of the list.
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 1980
'Richard Chester Read
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Royal Navy
Alan -Frederick Mutch
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Charles James Baines
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Colin Arthur Grennan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
David John Edwards
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Earle William Nicoll
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Edward William Francis Bacon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For service to the community.”
Emeritus Lindsay Michael Birt
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For service to education.”
Gerald Barker Read
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Harry Sin-yang Fang
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For public services in Hong Kong.”
James Marshall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
John Clifford Strong
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Governor
John Fishleigh Woodard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Royal Air Force
John Frank Wacher
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
John Frederick Charles Springford
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
John Frederick Hely
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For services to British com- mercial interests in Australia.”
Keith Alfred Coulton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For service to agriculture.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Vera Margaret Rooke
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Lorna Hayter
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For service to agriculture and the community.”
Michael Edward Carleton-Smith
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Michael Patrick Vivian Hannam
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For services to the British community in Naples.”
Peter Attwood Dally
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Peter Harry Bedford O'Meara
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
Peter William Thomson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1980
“For service to the sport of golf.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1980
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1980 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1979.
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