Birthday Honours 1965
John Foster Wilson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 140 times in the Birthday Honours List 1965 — about 10% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1965
Albert Jordan Tulip
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“for Northern Ireland.”
Albert Leonard Read
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For his services to the welfare of the sick.”
Alexander Burns Wallace
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Alexander Marshall Grant; Esq.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Ambrose CpNGREVE
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For services to export.”
Ambrose Tucker Gosling
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For public services in Bermuda.”
Andrew Ramstfen CoqpER
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Anthony Arthur' Duncan Montague Browne
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For services as Private Secretary to the late 1 Right Honourable Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, K.G., O.M.^ C.H.”
Arthur George Victor Patey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Arthur Herbert Grainger
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Arthur James Twigger
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For political and public services in Hornchurch.”
Arthur Townsend
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Bernard Parkes
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Brian Cecil Vernon Oddie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Brian Davidson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For : .”
British Guiana. Fung Ping-fan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For public services in Hong Kong.”
Cameron Rusby
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Charles Leopold Walker Stewart
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Class I Olive Annie Rutter
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Coal Board.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Cyril Thomas Gibson Risch Miller
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Daniel Sim
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
David Bruce Ronald
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
late Royal Regiment of Artillery
David Edward Herbert Peirson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“for Management Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1965
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1965 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1965.
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