New Year Honours 1939
John Bernard Gawthorpe CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Territorial Army • The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
Organisation: West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1939 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1939
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New Year Honours 1939- Role at the time
- Territorial Army, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 52 times in the New Year Honours List 1939 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Territorial Army, West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own).
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 1939
Alexander Gray
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Alfred Henry Ditchburn
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Arthur Morrell Johnson
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Arthur Stanley Griffith
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur William Mulligan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Assistant Secre- tary
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Chairman of West Cumberland Industrial Development Com- pany.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Charles Hay Marshall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For public services in Dundee.”
Clerk of Peace and Clerk of County Council
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Dato Mohamed Salleh bin Ali
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Edward Johnston
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For services to calli- graphy.”
Ernest Charles Martin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Eva Mary Mrs.Eckersley
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For political and public services in Lancashire.”
Florence Horsbrugh
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“for Dundee since 1931.”
Frederick Charles Starling
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For public services in Essex.”
Frederick Rodney Garside
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Frederick William Marks
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For public services in the State of New South Wales.”
George McLeod Paterson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Hanbury Pawle
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Harry Ernest Chapman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Herbert John Hutchinson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Honorary George Lestock Thornton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Horace Benjamin Allum
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
James Livingstone Thompson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For public and social welfare ser- vices in the State of Victoria.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1939
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1939 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1938.
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