New Year Honours 1979
James Cooksey Mason OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• General and Municipal Workers' Union
Organisation: General and Municipal Workers' Union
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1979 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1979
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 334 times in the New Year Honours List 1979 — about 23% of the list.
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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 1979
Ailsa Mavis Hill
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For service to women and the community.”
Alan Leslie Murray Rochard
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Royal Air Force
Alan Reginald Moody
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Member
Albert John Dunn
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Member
Alexander Ian Mackie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For service to sport.”
Alexander Jack
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alexander Robertson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to Export.”
Alexander Young Balfour
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alfred Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alfred Charles Seymour Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to the development of agriculture in Belize.”
Alfred Dennis Beesley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Ghana.”
Allan William Panario
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Allister Carle Shepherdson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For service to local government and primary industry.”
Andrew Webster
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Anne Caroline Findlay
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For ser- vice to local government and the community.”
Anthony Armstrong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Anthony Guiseppe Lopes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For service to the com- munity and Aboriginal welfare.”
Anthony Richard Guy Mullens
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Antony Neale
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Royal Air Force
Arthur Capel Roberts
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to Lawn Tennis.”
Arthur Carleton Evelyn
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to the com- munity in St.”
Arthur Francis Markham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to higher education in India.”
Arthur Goldthorpe
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Chairman
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1979
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1979 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1978.
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