New Year Honours 1956
James Alexander O'Donnell Timoney OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• University of London
Organisation: University of London
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1956 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1956
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New Year Honours 1956- Role at the time
- University of London
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 313 times in the New Year Honours List 1956 — about 23% 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 1956
- John Ford Franklin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
— Ernest Augustus Allenby
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Royal Marines
— Thomas William Kean
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alan John Arthur Hanhart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Albert Biles
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“For public services in Weymouth.”
Albert Edward Sims
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Albert Fillmore
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Albert George Easton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“For public ser- vices in Northern Rhodesia.”
Albert Turkington
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alexander Edward Walker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alexander Henderson Blair
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alfred Burling Swayne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“for the Deaf and Dumb, Margate.”
Alfred George Royffe
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alfred Hartland
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alfred James Leyland
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alfred Tennyson Parsons
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alice Gordon Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“For social welfare services in the State of Tasmania.”
Andrew Vincent Gill
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur Atherfold Howgrave
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur Broadley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur Charles Ross Cameron
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur Edward Buddell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur George Hamilton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur Vernon Elwes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1956
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1956 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1955.
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