New Year Honours 1987
John Towey OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1987 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1987
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New Year Honours 1987- Role at the time
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 233 times in the New Year Honours List 1987 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council.
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 1987
Abdul Karim
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Adrian Douglas Frais T.D. Yorkshire Volunteers
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Aidan Healey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Alan Bullen
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Executive Director
Alan George Rupert Holman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Corps of Royal Engineers
Alan Howard Roderick York
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Royal Navy
Alan Joseph Viner
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Alan Michael Adye
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Director
Alan Stanley Green
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Alan Walter Rudge
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Managing Director
Albert Charles William Neely
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
“For services to the Road Haulage industry.”
Alexander Dewar Montgomery
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Alexander Forbes Brown
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Manager
Alexander Michael Gregory
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Royal Navy
Alexander Wilson Kinnaird
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Member
Alfred Geiringer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Alfred Joseph Harms
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
“For political and public service.”
Alfred Sinclair Road
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
“for Middle East Trade, British Overseas Trade Board.”
Alistair Rutherford Brownlie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Allan Onions
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Andrew Alston Arbuckle
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
“For services to Agriculture in Scotland.”
Andrew Peter Harold Parsons
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Angus Duncan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Anne Buchanan-Riddell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1987
Registrar
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1987
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1987 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1986.
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