New Year Honours 1978
Leslie Harry Finedon OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Group Director • Remploy Ltd
Organisation: Remploy Ltd
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1978 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1978
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 339 times in the New Year Honours List 1978 — about 22% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Group Director, Remploy Ltd.
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 1978
Ainslie Howard Ensor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alan Benjamin Hadaway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“for Overseas Pest Research, Ministry of Overseas Development.”
Alan Bursey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alan Goodson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Albert Franklyn Williams
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Albert William Hallows
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alexander John Buckley Rutherford
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alfred Ernest Pegler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to local gov- ernment, and particularly to housing in Crawley New Town.”
Alfred Jones
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Alice Patricia Wrightson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to literature.”
Alison Elsie King
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Director
Alma Hunt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Andrew Michael Victor Robert Pringle
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Anthony Gordon English
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the fruit and vegetable industry.”
Antony Gibson Rawlins
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Corps of Royal Engineers
Antony James Richard Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Royal Navy
Antony Russell Pippard
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Technical Director
Arabia. : William Stuart Walker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the com- munity in the Cayman Islands.”
Arthur Andrew Mills
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the community.”
Arthur James Sage
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Arthur John Leonard Wardale Green- Wood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For municipal service.”
Arthur Sydney Towner Humphrys
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Arthur Thomas Aust
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Arthur Thomas Mahy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1978
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1978 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1977.
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