Birthday Honours 1941
Robert Henry Adcock CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Town Clerk and Air Raid Precautions Controller
Organisation: Town Clerk and Air Raid Precautions Controller
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1941 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1941
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Birthday Honours 1941- Role at the time
- Town Clerk and Air Raid Precautions Controller
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 63 times in the Birthday Honours List 1941 — about 10% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
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 1941
— Albert Victor Bernard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
— Francis Arthur Guy Roughton
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— Henry Ward Lionel Kearns
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Albert Charles Joyce
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Albert William Shugg
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“For professional and philanthropic services in the State of Tasmania.”
Alexander James Hendin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Alfred Jonathan Lyddon
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Alfred Victor Pearce Ivey
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Arthur Hampden Ronald Wastell Poyser
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Arthur Massey
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“for Coventry.”
Arthur Nicholls
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Aubrey Denzil Forsyth Thompson
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Augustus George Ralph
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Cecil Ralph Townshend Congreve
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Charles Frederick Byrde Pearce
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Charles Merllyn Woodford
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Civil Defence. Supplement To London Charles Brazier Hains
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Edward Vernon Wharton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
“for public services in Trinidad.”
Frederic Charles Bartlett
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Frederick Albert Mathias
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Frederick Arthur Parish
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Frederick Snyder Mitman
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George Colvile Hayter Hames
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George Gibson Mercer
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1941
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1941 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1941.
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