New Year Honours 1977
Douglas Hughes OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Director • Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1977 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1977
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- Director, Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 311 times in the New Year Honours List 1977 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd.
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 New Year Honours 1977
Alan Douglas Hollindale
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to the dairying industry and com- munity.”
Alan Howard Ward
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to University education in developing countries in Africa.”
Alan James Gordon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to commerce and the community.”
Alexander George Stone
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Alexander Logan Rowatt Mayer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Chief Medical Officer
Alexander Wotherspoon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Alfred John Herbert Hunt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Consultant
Andrew Forman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Angus Norman Macleod
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to the British community and British commercial interests in Southern India.”
Angus Smith Roy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Chairman
Anne Caroline Duncan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Anthony Thomas Bradfield
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Archibald Lowry de Montfort
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to the British community in Sri Lanka.”
Arnold Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
General Medical Practitioner
Arthur Albert Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Baker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Charles Robb
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Ernest Burnham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur James Lewin Webb
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Leonard Thomas
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to mining and technical education in Cornwall.”
Arthur Raymond Thompson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Ronald Franks
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to Export.”
Arthur Stanley Payne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Talbott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to British com- mercial interests in Belgium.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1977
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1977 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1976.
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