New Year Honours 1975
Robert William Sommerfield OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services in local government and to the community.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services in local government and to the community.
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“For services in local government and to the community.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 313 times in the New Year Honours List 1975 — about 21% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 New Year Honours 1975
Abraham Joseph Benatar
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to com- merce and for contributions to charities in Gibraltar.”
Alan Beaney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to local government in West Yorkshire.”
Alan Frederick Richards Payne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to the community in Stroud, Gloucestershire.”
Albert Ernest Mullin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Albert Rolls
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Albert Weedall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Principal
Alec Moore
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Member
Alexander Foxcroft Bottomley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to the community.”
Alfred Albert Ernest Ellis Ettinghausen
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Alfred Marshall Cubbon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Director
Alfred Powell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to the community.”
Alfred Stanley Worrall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Principal
Alfred Sydney Turner
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Alfred William Johnson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to ornithology in Chile.”
Alice Louisa Hemming
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Andrew Martin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to British com- mercial interests in Belgium.”
Andrew Watson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Andrew Wilson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Angus Lindsay Carmichael
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to the Victoria Police Force.”
Anthony Bowen
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Royal Navy
Anthony David Hutton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Royal Navy
Arkyl Staveley Gough
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
Chairman
Arthur Henry Benjamin Heymanson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
“For services to the Law Institute of Victoria.”
Arthur James Dunmall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1975
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1975
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1975 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1974.
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