New Year Honours 1985
Leslie James Soane OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Managing Director • British Railways Board
Organisation: British Railways Board
“For Political Service.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1985
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New Year Honours 1985- Role at the time
- Managing Director, British Railways Board
“For Political Service.”
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“For Political Service.”
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“For Political Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 270 times in the New Year Honours List 1985 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Managing Director, British Railways Board.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 1985
Alan Civil
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Alan John Pike
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Alan Michael Dfx
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Director General
Albert Edward Hawes
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“For services to Export.”
Albert Moore
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Member
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
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Manager
Alexander Inglis
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Principal
Alexander Leslie Audley
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“For Political Service.”
Alfred Bridges Cotton
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Allan Victor Bryant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For services to Export.”
Angus John Howell Wood
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Anthony David Wood
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Anthony Frederick Budge
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Anthony Thompson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For services to British commercial interests in California.”
Arthur Cyprian Bastable
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Director
Arthur Leslie Woleendale
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Managing Director
Arthur Murdoch Mactaggart Wood
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“for the Prevention of Cruelty to' Children.”
Austen Ian Welch
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For Political and Public Ser vice.”
Barbara Oldham
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Basil Gilbert
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Benjamin Alexander Frederick Hervey- Bathurst
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For public service in Here ford and Worcester.”
Bernard Coultas Wade
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Bernard Francis Plummer
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Bertram Eric Twyford
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Others recognised for Government & Public Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service. See the full list →
Simon Richardson
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1985
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1985 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1984.
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