Birthday Honours 1940
James George McKay OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1940 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1940
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 59 times in the Birthday Honours List 1940 — about 7% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1940
) John Feehally
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Albert Walters
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Royal Air Force
Anthony Glynn Hildesley Royal Berkshire Regiment
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Arthur Pethick Revington
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Cecil Ferdinand Chinery
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Charles Scott Napier
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Christopher Neil Hope Bilney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Claude Frederick Forestier-Walker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Colin Campbell Blair Gilmour
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Denis Finlay
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Douglas Arthur William Sugden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Edward Roy Pearce
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Edward Simeon Colbeck Davis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Evelyn John O'Conor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Frederick Francis Wicks
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Geoffrey Ivon Lawrence Saye
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Geoffrey William Turtle
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
George Edward Wilson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
George Henry Harrison
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Gerald Patrick Linton Weston
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Harold Alfred Haines
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Harold Leo Cunynghame Robertson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Harry Leicester Longden Dorsetshire Regi- ment.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Henry Frederick Vulliamy Battle
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1940
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1940 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1940.
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