New Year Honours 1968
Kenneth Murray Leach CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• British Mechanical Engineering Federation
“For services to Engineering and Export.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1968
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“For services to Engineering and Export.”
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“For services to Engineering and Export.”
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“For services to Engineering and Export.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 142 times in the New Year Honours List 1968 — about 10% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
British Mechanical Engineering Federation.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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 1968
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Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson
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Anthony Bull
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Archibald Brown Kerr
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Archibald Richard Burdon Haldane
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Asher Winegarten
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Basil Joseph Asher Bard
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“For services to Export.”
Benjamin Clifford Harrison
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Benjamin Harry Boon
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Bertie Francis Walter Tull
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Byrne Hart
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“For services to the industrial, commercial and community life of the State.”
Charles Barnard Groves
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Charles Edward Gittins
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Charles Whish Dunbar
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Charles William Bell
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“For services to Export.”
Charles William Haimes Shepherd
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Claudius Roland Walker
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“For public services in the Bahama Islands.”
Clifford Henry Offord
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“For services to Export.”
Comman- dant College.
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“for Girls, Epsom.”
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“For services to Engineering.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Matthew Wilson
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Robertsbridge, East Sussex
“For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Ghulam Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Mark Downs
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Deal, Kent
“For services to Biology.”
Jonathan Boddington
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Oswestry, Shropshire
“For services to Design and Innovation in Furniture Making.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Geoffrey Underwood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newport, Isle of Wight
“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Innovation.”
Ian Ritchey
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
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London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation.”
Adikaari Adikaari
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
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Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
Professor Rees
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Multi-Hazard Science and Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1968
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1968 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1967.
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