Birthday Honours 1954
Herbert Edward Edmonds OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• National Federation of Building Trades Operatives
Organisation: National Federation of Building Trades Operatives
“for South Wales and Monmouthshire, National Federation of Building Trades Operatives.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
for South Wales and Monmouthshire, National Federation of Building Trades Operatives.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 1954- Role at the time
- National Federation of Building Trades Operatives
“for South Wales and Monmouthshire, National Federation of Building Trades Operatives.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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Herbert Edward Edmonds
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“for South Wales and Monmouthshire, National Federation of Building Trades Operatives.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 576 times in the Birthday Honours List 1954 — about 46% 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 1954
<l) Patrick Lawrence Viliers Slater
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Adam Dickie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Agnes May Anderson Fraser
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“for Scotland.”
Agnes Nicolson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alan Gardner
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alastair Malcolm Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Albert Alfred Lumsden Collis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“for the Metropolitan Police District.”
Albert Edward Lomax
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Albert Edward Waddington
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Albert Ernest Delph
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“For political and public services in Essex.”
Alec Broadley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alex Reginald Parselle
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alexander McKiBBiN
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alexander Watt Lee
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alfred Arthur Parker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alfred Chantry
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alfred Cowley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alfred Ernest Holloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alfred George Agate
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alfred Quarcoo Tagoe
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“For services to the Boy Scout movement in the Gold Coast.”
Alfred Slator
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Algernon Campbell- Harris
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alice Logic Robertson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alice Maud Buckingham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1954
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1954 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1954.
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