New Year Honours 1953
Marryat Ross Dobie CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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Recognised in the New Year Honours 1953 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1953
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 158 times in the New Year Honours List 1953 — about 12% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
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 1953
— Richard Nelson Gale
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alan Allcock Oldaker
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For public ser- .”
Albans. Chairman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Albert Ernest Dale
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Albert James Manson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alexander Macbeath
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alexander Strathern Fulton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alfred Mordey Rake
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alfred Read
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Andrew - Theodore."' Sjjmner
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Anthony Higfamore King
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Archibald William Major-BULL
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Arnold Sydney Whitehead
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Arthur Keller - Davis
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For political and public services in Shropshire.”
Arthur Ransome
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Ashley Myott
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Barnard Alfred Goldstein
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Bernard Miles
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Birt Evelyn
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For public services ' ;;in ^Barbados.”
Bonner William Arthur Dickson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Brian Kennedy-Cooke
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Cameron Gordon Graham Nicholson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Charles John Turner
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Charles Thornton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For public services in the Federation of Malaya.”
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Where this record comes from
Commander 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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