Birthday Honours 1953
Gilbert Lines Strachan KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
• For political and public services ; and
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1953 with the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) · 1953
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- For political and public services ; and
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 173 times in the Birthday Honours List 1953 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For political and public services ; and.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1953
— Major-General Cecil Norbury Bednall
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Aileen Mona Scorrer
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Chief Inspector
Alastair Sim
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Albert David Bartlett
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“For political and public services in Lewisham.”
Albert Theodore Shepherd
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Alexander Doveton John Brennan
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Alexander Johnston
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Alfred Agar
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Alfred Ross Murison
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Alice Martha Bacon
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“for North-East Leeds since 1945.”
Allan McLeod Mooney
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Arnold Ashley Miles
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“for Kettering since 1945- For political and public services.”
Arthur Drewry
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Arthur Guilford
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Arthur James Ryan
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Arthur Page
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Arthur Thomas Worboys
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Ashley Dukes)
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Barry William Thomas Kay
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Bruce Hamer Leeson
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Carl Marshall
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Cecil Francis Turner
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Charles Johns Mole
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Charles Stanley Smallman
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Source & provenance
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1953
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1953 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1953.
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