New Year Honours 1952
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1952 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1952
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 326 times in the New Year Honours List 1952 — about 24% of the list.
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Esq.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1952
- Clement James . Gordon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
-Kenneth Charles Giddings
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
— Douglas Bower
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Royal Air Force
— Hugh Sydney Porter Walmsley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
— Lieutenant-General George Watkin Eben James Erskine
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
— Werner Carl Rudolph. Aue
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
.Stanley Conway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Royal Air Force
"Officer ' Aubrey. . Reece Islwyn Rawlings
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Adegunle Soetan Aro of Kemta
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
“For public services in Nigeria.”
Adrian Bernard Mann
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Alan Anderson Pratt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Alan Girling
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
“For public services in •Northern Rhodesia.”
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PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Albert Campbell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
“For public ser- vices in Accrington.”
Albert Richard Swinnerton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Alec Lonsdale Le Maitre
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
“For public services in Tanganyika.”
Alexander Blue
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
“For political and public services in Glasgow.”
Alfred Charles Henry Illston
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
“for the Colonies.”
Allan Goth Michelsen
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Alma Juliet Pauline Gibbons
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
“For political and.”
AMred Howard.READ
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Amy Catherine Moore
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Andrew McFarland
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
Andrew Rodger Waterston
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1952
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1952
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1952 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1951.
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