Birthday Honours 1956
Tahu Ronald Pearce Hole CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1956 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1956
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 167 times in the Birthday Honours List 1956 — about 12% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1956
— Arthur Eber Sydney Charles
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
— Kamaruddin bin Idris
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— Vice-Marshal Michael Joseph Pigott
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'Stuart Reginald Moss- Vernon
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Adrian Bernard Mann
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Albert Heiser
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Albert Jerome Alphonso Momoh
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Alexander Samuels
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Alfred Thomas Jones
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Algernon Wear
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Allan Stewart Fortune
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“for Scotland.”
Ambrose William Wray
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Anthony Dymoke Powell
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Arnold Edward Sewell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur Benjamin Watts
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Arthur Bookey Riall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur Raymond Purches
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur Webb Isherwood
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur William Pilgrim
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“for Greater London, British Red Cross Society.”
Bernard Donald Storey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Cecil Albert Good
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“for Cyrenaica.”
Cecil James Corbin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Cecil Martin Fothergill Deakin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Chair- man
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“for the South of Scotland District.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1956
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1956 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1956.
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