New Year Honours 1953
Lewis Morris Lambie OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive Officer • Ministry of National Insurance
Organisation: Ministry of National Insurance
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1953 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1953
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- Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of National Insurance
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 255 times in the New Year Honours List 1953 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of National Insurance.
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 1953
- Frederick Arthur Bridgett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For services as Officer Com- manding, Royal Army Service Corps Ex- peditionary (Forces .Institutes, Japan and .”
Aar-thur George Gibbs
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“for Wales and Monmouthshire.”
Adrian Max Nicholas De Lavison
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Aidan Patrick Fitzgerald
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alan Hill
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Albert Lawman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alexander Bruge
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alexander Calder
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alfred Charles Fisher
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For medical services and welfare, work in Northern Rhodesia.”
Alfred Davies Palmer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alfred Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For political and public services in Middlesex.”
Amishadai Larson Adu
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Andrew's School
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Principal
Arthur 'Albert Dyson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Arthur Bates
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Arthur Bookey Riall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Arthur Clive Nicholson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For services to the development of agricultural-machinery.”
Arthur Eric Linton Robey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Arthur Griffiths
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Arthur Ratcliffe Martin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Arthur Thomas Thomson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Audrey Withers
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Beng Hong Oon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For public services in Penang, Federation of Malaya.”
Bernard William Galpin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Royal Navy
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1953
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1953 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1952.
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