New Year Honours 1947
Ernest James Henry Hojlt OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Amateur Athletic Association
Organisation: Amateur Athletic Association
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1947 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1947
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 271 times in the New Year Honours List 1947 — about 24% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1947
— Abang Haji Mustapha
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
— David Henry Alexander
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— David Keith Murray
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— Dermont Campbell Barty
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— Geoffry Allen Percival Scoones
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— Gilbert Leonard Appleton
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— Hubert Edward Aldington
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— James Arthur Banks
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— Major-General Eric Norman Goddard
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— Percy Reginald Owen Abel Simner
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— Randle Reid-Adam
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— Stewart Ellis Lawrence West
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— U Aye Maung Ii
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— Vice-Marshal Thomas Edward Drowley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alan Joseph Herbert
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“For services to the Anglo-American Observer Mission to Greece.”
Alan Robert Cecil Westlake
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Ernest Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alexander Davidson Hillhouse
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alexander Dey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alfred Ernest Porter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alfred John Claxton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alfred John Ernest Davis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“for the Colonies.”
Arnold Morris
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Arnold Whittaker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1947
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1947 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1946.
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