New Year Honours 1950
Charles Ernest. Donovan CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Esq.
Organisation: Esq
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1950 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1950
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 110 times in the New Year Honours List 1950 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Esq.
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 1950
— Eric Armar Vully de Candole
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Calder
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“for Barnsley since 1938.”
Alexander Narraway Duckham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Wilfrid Oyler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alfred Browning Lyne
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alfred John Knowlden
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alfred Road
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alfred Roberts
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alfred Wilson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Andrew Charles Hands
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Andrew Harvey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arthur Harry Tandy
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arthur Mannering Tyndall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arthur Richard Knowles
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Basil Eric Payne
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Bernard Leslie Blofeld
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Royal Air Force
Cecil James Miles
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Cecil John Kirk
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Cedri'c Harvey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Charles Archer Morrison
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Charles James Gibbons
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Charles William Boyce
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Clifford Roy Kerwood
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Clifford Viney Braimbridge
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1950
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1950 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1949.
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