New Year Honours 1977
Sidney Charles Heaven OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to education including education in prisons.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to education including education in prisons.
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“For services to education including education in prisons.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 311 times in the New Year Honours List 1977 — about 20% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
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 1977
Alan Douglas Hollindale
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to the dairying industry and com- munity.”
Alan Howard Ward
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to University education in developing countries in Africa.”
Alan James Gordon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to commerce and the community.”
Alexander George Stone
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Alexander Logan Rowatt Mayer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Chief Medical Officer
Alexander Wotherspoon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Alfred John Herbert Hunt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Consultant
Andrew Forman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Angus Norman Macleod
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to the British community and British commercial interests in Southern India.”
Angus Smith Roy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Chairman
Anne Caroline Duncan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Anthony Thomas Bradfield
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Archibald Lowry de Montfort
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to the British community in Sri Lanka.”
Arnold Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
General Medical Practitioner
Arthur Albert Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Baker
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Charles Robb
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Ernest Burnham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur James Lewin Webb
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Leonard Thomas
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to mining and technical education in Cornwall.”
Arthur Raymond Thompson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Ronald Franks
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to Export.”
Arthur Stanley Payne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
Arthur Talbott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1977
“For services to British com- mercial interests in Belgium.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1977
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1977 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1976.
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