Birthday Honours 1978
Norman Chadwick Eckersley CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to British commercial interests in San Francisco.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to British commercial interests in San Francisco.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to British commercial interests in San Francisco.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 40 times in the Birthday Honours List 1978 — about 3% of the list.
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 Birthday Honours 1978
Alan John Leahy
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Barrie Nicholas Davies
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“for Europe, Geneva.”
Brian Keith Perrin
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British medical interests in Saudi Arabia.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Catherine Joyce Symons
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For public services in Hong Kong.”
Charles Ridley Grey
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late Corps of Royal Engineers
Consul Dubai
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David Brian Dougall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
David McLagan Scrimgeour
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
David Mitchell Wallace
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to British medical interests in Saudi Arabia.”
De Forest Wheeler Trimingham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For public services in Bermuda.”
Donald Augusto Pagliero
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the British community in Belgium.”
Donald Wyndham Beadle
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Royal Navy
Douglas Graham Frazer
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Thailand.”
Eric Dawson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Royal Air Force
Franz Konrad Saddler Hirschfeld
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to the medical profession.”
George Rutherford Sanderson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Henry St.John Basil Armitage
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Henry William Dettman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to education.”
His Honour James Henry Staunton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Jeffrey Richard Jones
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
John Andrew Patrick Hill
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to British commercial interests in Saudi Arabia.”
John Bowes Clarkson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to industry.”
John Frederick Dixon-Nuttall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1978
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1978 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1978.
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