New Year Honours 1947
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1947 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1947
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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- O.B.E.
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 81 times in the New Year Honours List 1947 — about 7% 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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1947
— George Richard Frederick Bredin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alan George Verb
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Albert James Taylor Day
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Andrew Henry Strachan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Arthur Birney Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Arthur Frederick Giles
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Basil Dean
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Charles Lambert Bayne
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Charles Marsden
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Controller Viola Henrietta Christian Stirling
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Cyril Alfred Roberts
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Dermot Francis Macdermot
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Edmond Arrenton Armstrong
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Edris Connell
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Edward Ardley Beaulah
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Edward Bertram Monkhouse
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“for Manchester..”
Edward John Gibbons
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Edward Robert Luxmoore Peake
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Eldred Curwen Braithwaite
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Elisabeth Whyte
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Emily Macmanus
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Eric Donald Gannon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Ernest Joihn Dennis Townesend
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Royal Air Force
Ernest Martin Joseph
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander 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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