Birthday Honours 1953
Percivale Liesching CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• K.C.B.
Organisation: K.C.B
Recognised in the Birthday 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 87 times in the Birthday Honours List 1953 — about 4% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1953
) Cecil Hay Gurney
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Albert Millin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Albert Spencer Calvert
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Albert Stanley Wiggett
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Alexander Skinner
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Amar Nath Maini
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For public services in Uganda.”
Andre Lawrence Nairac
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For public services in Mauritius.”
Andrew George Heveningram
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Andrew Gordon Beattie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Bevis Royal Graham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Brian Daunt
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Bruce Robinson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Royal Air Force
Charles Kingsley Murphy
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Christmas Djavid Howell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Cyril Edgar Joseph Baines
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Royal Air Force
Douglas Tremayne Waring
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For public services in the Federation of Malaya.”
Dudley Gethin Bramley Ridout
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Edgar William Light
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Edward John Herbert Starling
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Royal Air Force
Edward Thomas Lambert
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Edwin Patrick .MOXEY
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Ernest Sirdefield Harston
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Francis Charles Widenham Fosbery
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
late Corps of Royal Engineers
Frederick Elvy Lipscomb
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Source & provenance
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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 14 June 1953.
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