New Year Honours 1959
Helen O'BRIEN. OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• British Red Cross Society
Organisation: British Red Cross Society
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1959 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1959
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New Year Honours 1959- Role at the time
- British Red Cross Society
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 327 times in the New Year Honours List 1959 — about 27% 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 New Year Honours 1959
- Charles Wilkinson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
- Margaret Rosamond Appleby
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Adrian Price Webley Hope
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Aileen Edith Pauline Gell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For political and public services in Derbyshire.”
Alan Leslie Morse
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alastair Stuart Laing
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Edward Turville
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert King
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“for Industry.”
Alexander Baikie McKenzie Wares
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alexander Christie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For ser- vices to the St.”
Alexander Lickley Fraser
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alexander Shelley Baker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alexander Taylor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alfred Cyril Whitworth Hobson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alfred Edward John Fox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alfred James Morgan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alfred Stanley Knowles
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Althole Stephen Horsford Kemp
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Andrew Lancelot Pope
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Annie Doris Wilson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Anthea Adrian SECKER.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Anthony Henry Hewitt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Royal Air Force
Anthony Smith Curbishley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Archdeacon Samuel Vincent Latunde
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For v public services in the Western Region, Nigeria.”
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1959
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1959 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1958.
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