New Year Honours 1963
Horace Arthur Colless CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to ex-servicemen in Maroubra, State of New South Wales.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to ex-servicemen in Maroubra, State of New South Wales.
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“For services to ex-servicemen in Maroubra, State of New South Wales.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 990 times in the New Year Honours List 1963 — about 91% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
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 1963
;Leader Wilfred Lochiel Airman
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: Bobbie Madeleine Florence Kotewall
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“For public services in Hong Kong.”
.Edith Alice Green
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) Thomas Norman Warner Lacey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Abdool Raman Mahomed Osman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
“For public services in Mauritius.”
Abdul Ha'bbi'b Sahu Khan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
“For public services in Fiji.”
Adam Bruce Thomson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Adam Stanley Prentice
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Agnes Maria Cronin
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Alan Duncan Baird
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Royal Navy
Alan Edgar .FOSTER
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Royal Air Force
Alan George Hancock
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert Charles Dudley
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert Dunn
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Royal Air Force
Albert Edward Denman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert Edward Vyse
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
“For services to Agri- culture in Cambridgeshire.”
Albert Frederick Mellanby
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert George Simmons
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert George Walter Carl Birs
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert Henry Margree
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
“for Wales, Ministry of Public Building and Works.”
Albert James Galpin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert Joel Miller
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert John Chislett
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1963
Albert Kenyon Haslam
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Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1963
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1963 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1962.
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