Birthday Honours 1947
Sidney Joseph Burford OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1947 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1947
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 283 times in the Birthday Honours List 1947 — about 19% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1947
— Angelo Anastasi
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
— Charles Henry Arnold
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
— Reginald Walter Bastin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
— Robert Addis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
— Tigrane David Boldy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
— Vernon FitzClarence Anderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alexander Hunter Munro Dryden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alexander Hutcheon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alexander Warley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alfred Broughton Vickery
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Royal Navy
Alfred Chivers
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alfred Oswald Woodgate
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alfred Robert Harold Cox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Allan Caldwell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Allister Gillespie Cowan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“for Disabled Ex- Service Men, South-East Scottish District, Edinburgh.”
Anne Judith Burrell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“for West Sussex.”
Annie Catherine Mary Gulland
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Archibald Barron Cathcart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Arthur Cecil French
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Secretary
Arthur Claude Knowling
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Arthur Errington Heskett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Arthur George Simons
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Arthur Joseph Quin-Harkin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“For ac- counting services with Imperial Airways Ltd., and the British " Overseas Airways Corporation.”
Arthur Lawrence Pennington
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1947
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1947 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1947.
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