New Year Honours 1956
Rear-Admiral Leopold Edward Rebbeck KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1956 with the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) · 1956
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 8 times in the New Year Honours List 1956 — about 1% 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 Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1956
Alexander Glen
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“for Scotland.”
Charles Edward Key
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Claude Dixoh Gibb
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David Charles Watherston
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Lieutenant-Colonel Brian Charles Hannam Kimmins
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Lieutenant-General Horatius Murray
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William John Sullivan
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1956
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1956 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1955.
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