New Year Honours 1966
Roy Astley Hamilton Richards OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Chief Executive Officer
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1966 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1966
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- Chief Executive Officer
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 1966 — about 21% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
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 1966
Aileen Lucretia Watkins
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For services to the community, especially as President for the State of New South Wales of the War Widows' Guild of Australia.”
Alan Edgar Bristow
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Alan Powell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Royal Air Force
Alexander William Hildrew
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Alfred Charles Hall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Alfred Correll Hadley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For services to the community in St.”
Alfred Edward Knight
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For services to Export.”
Alfred Graham Stephenson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
General Manager
Alfred William Bird
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Alister Norris: Hughes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For public services in Grenada.”
Allan James Campbell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For charitable and com- munity welfare services.”
Althea Irene Meredith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For social welfare services.”
Andrew Riddel Abercromby
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“for Scotland.”
Anne Margaret Olive Tougher
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For public services in Belfast.”
Anthony Rampton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Archibald Edwin Cotton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Ardon Beresford Brereton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Arthur Denis Gordon Orr
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“for the County of Notting- ham.”
Arthur Edward Bray
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Arthur James Weston Hockenhull
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Audrey Tattie Hinchcliffe Reader
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For community and welfare services in the State of Victoria.”
Basil.Clifford Akehurst
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Beatrice Eveline Double
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
“For pub- lic service in Essex.”
Bernard Mellor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1966
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1966
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1966 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1965.
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