New Year Honours 1957
Rear-Admiral William John YENDELL. OF KNIGHTHOOD. 1st January OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• 1st January
Organisation: 1st January
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1957 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1957
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 98 times in the New Year Honours List 1957 — about 7% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1957
Alastair Buttar Paterson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Alexander Black Grant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Alexander George Coulthard
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
“for the.visit of The Duke of Edinburgh to open the Olympic Games in Melbourne.”
Alhaji Abubakar Imam
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Andrew Nicholas Goode
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Arnold Dalrymple Breckon Wylie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Arthur Frederick John Reddaway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Arthur Freese Sheffield
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Bertram John Western
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Cecil Harry Thompson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Charles Sandricourt Thiele Edmondson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
“For public services in Sierra Leone.”
Clarence -Middleton Griggs
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Cyril Lionel Kranenburg
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
“For public services in North Borneo.”
Cyril McGRAiL
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Edith Burnside
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
“For social welfare ser- vices, especially-hi connection with hospital auxiliaries, in the State of Victoria.”
Edith Wilmshurst Bird
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
“For services rendered in connection with hospitality to visitors from overseas.”
Edwin Bernard Evans
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
“For services to Agriculture in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.”
Eric Chapman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Eric Parry
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Francis Graham Muirhead
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
Francis Raban Johnson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
George Gavin Carlyle
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
George Najem Houry
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
“For public services in Tanganyika.”
Gerald William Francis Franklin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1957
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1957
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
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Published 30 December 1956.
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