Birthday Honours 1977
Raymond Charles Steele OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to cricket.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 358 times in the Birthday Honours List 1977 — about 21% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1977
- Richard Geoffrey Burlingham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Adrian Alan Russell
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Alan Cedric Dexter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Royal Corps of Signals
Alan Derek Fair
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For medical services to the com- munity in Tokyo.”
Alan Humphries
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to education in Brussels.”
Alan John Waple
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Alan McEWAN
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Royal Navy
Alan Nathaniel Hunt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Chairman
Alan Percival Rudwick
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to education in Ghana.”
Alan Vernon Hall Palmer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Royal Air Force
Albert Francis Joseph Harris
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to British ex-Servicemen in Belgium.”
Albert Richard Brannon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
lately Chief Fire Officer
Alexander Devlin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Chairman
Alexander James Carter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Alice Margaret Durbridge
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Allen Berkeley Bush
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Andrew Aladar Tessler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to Export.”
Andrew James Pascoe Crowden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For medical services to the community in East and West Africa.”
Anne Dorothea Hiatt .HEWER
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to Ballet and the Arts in Scotland and Bristol.”
Anthony Denis Ockenden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Anthony Patrick Millar
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to sports medicine.”
Anthony Showan Jeapes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Archibald Dunlop Scott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur James Jarman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to British marine interests in Dubai.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1977
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1977 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1977.
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