New Year Honours 1968
Robert Ross Buchanan Brown CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Southern Electricity Board
Organisation: Southern Electricity Board
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1968 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1968
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 142 times in the New Year Honours List 1968 — about 10% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1968
Alan David Dick
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Alan Graham Dawtry
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Alec Andrew Muir
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Anthony Bull
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Archibald Brown Kerr
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Archibald Richard Burdon Haldane
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Asher Winegarten
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Basil Joseph Asher Bard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
“For services to Export.”
Benjamin Clifford Harrison
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Benjamin Harry Boon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Bertie Francis Walter Tull
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Byrne Hart
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
“For services to the industrial, commercial and community life of the State.”
Charles Barnard Groves
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Charles Edward Gittins
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Charles Whish Dunbar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Charles William Bell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
“For services to Export.”
Charles William Haimes Shepherd
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Claudius Roland Walker
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
“For public services in the Bahama Islands.”
Clifford Henry Offord
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
“For services to Export.”
Comman- dant College.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Contents list on last page Arthur Howell Williams
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Contents list on last page Geraldine Olive Lack
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
“for Girls, Epsom.”
Cresswell Montagu Clevcenti
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1968
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1968
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1968 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1967.
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