Birthday Honours 1938
Geoffrey Noel Burden OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Colonial Adminis- trative Service
Organisation: Colonial Administrative Service
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1938 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1938
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- Colonial Adminis- trative Service
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 203 times in the Birthday Honours List 1938 — about 26% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
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 1938
- Clement James Charlewood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
— Edward Waller Austin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
— Thomas James Addly
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Ahmed Essad Bey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Alan Stewart Giles
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Albert Canning
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Albert Colonridge Panton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Albert Dakin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Albert George Mitchell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
“For political services.”
Albert Henry Wiseman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
“For politi- cal and public services in East Ham.”
Albion Mends
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Alec Houghton Joyce
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Alexander Rennie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
“For politi- cal and public services in West Lewisham.”
Alexander Shearer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
“for Scotland.”
Alexander Welsh Thomson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Alfred Robert Hogg
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Alfred William Jarvis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Alfred Yeates
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
“For services to ex-service men in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
Allan Gibb
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Allan Morley Spaar
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Alphbnso William James Davies
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
“For services to naval charities.”
and Brevet Algernon Edward Cottam
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
and Brevet Herbert Baird Evans
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Frederick Gordon Renton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1938
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1938
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1938 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1938.
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