New Year Honours 1951
No. 2653987 Class I Robert William Smith CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• D.C.M.
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Recognised in the New Year Honours 1951 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 412 times in the New Year Honours List 1951 — about 34% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1951
— Anne Thomson
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— Vice-Admiral Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame-Graham
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. Charles Frederick Hedley
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. Frank Reginald Parry Williams
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. Guy Cedric Hoffman
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.Rear-Admiral Kenneth Alexander Ingleby Mackenzie
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•Arnold Nixon Shimmin
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Member
Adam Rankine
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Adrian Gilbert Scott
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“For services in the rebuilding of the House of Commons.”
Adviser on Mass Radio- graphy
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Alan Walter Whittingtpn Taylor
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“for Industry.”
Albert Frederick Day
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Albert Pennington Nicol
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Albert Victor Smith
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1951
“For political and public services in Ipswich.”
Alexander Brackenridge
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Alfred Ernest Evans
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1951
Alfred Francis Hely
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Alfred Huskisson
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Alwyn leuan Tudor
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Andrew James Shinnie
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Andrew Lockhart Innes
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1951
Andrew Macalpine
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Archibald Hayman Robertson Goldie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1951
“for the British Council.”
Archibald Scott
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1951
“For services to the linen industry in/Northern Ireland.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1951
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1951 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1950.
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