Birthday Honours 1972
David Brinley Powell OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Principal • Depart- ment of Health and Social Security
Organisation: Department of Health and Social Security
“For services to refugees.”
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“For services to refugees.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 295 times in the Birthday Honours List 1972 — about 22% of the list.
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Principal, Department of Health and Social Security.
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 1972
-Flora Anne Rachel Murray
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For ser- vices to the Lindsey and Holland County Associations of Parish Councils, Lincolnshire.”
. William James Woolley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
(Bertha Holland James
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to the elderly in North West Kent.”
Adelaide Gladys Trimingham Hall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For welfare services, particularly to the blind, in Bermuda.”
Albert Arthur Clay
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For political and public services in Wessex.”
Alexander Buchanan Russell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Rector
Alexander James Cormack
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“for the Motor Vehicle Distribution and Repair Industry.”
Alexander Robinson Mathieson and Head of Chemistry Department
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alfred Brooks
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
lately General Secretary
Alfred Shimeld
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“for Boys, Shropshire.”
Alfred Watson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Chairman
Allen Aldington
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
lately Vice-Chairman
Alpheus John Robotham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Andrew Renton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For political services in the North of England.”
Anne Marguerite Lamb
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Anne Orr Penney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Anthony Bruce Cross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Anthony Stuart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Secretary
Anthony Thomas George Pocock
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Antony Harold Newton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For political services.”
Archibald Paterson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Arthur Agenet Plant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to British interests in Beirut.”
Arthur Brian Ware
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Principal
Arthur Eric Pinkett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“for Music in Schools, Leicestershire.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1972
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1972 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1972.
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