New Year Honours 1956
Thomas Dowker Shepherd CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• For political and public services in Cumberland
“For political and public services in Cumberland.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For political and public services in Cumberland.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1956- Role at the time
- For political and public services in Cumberland
“For political and public services in Cumberland.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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Thomas Dowker Shepherd
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For political and public services in Cumberland.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 208 times in the New Year Honours List 1956 — about 15% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
For political and public services in Cumberland.
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 New Year Honours 1956
— Harold Corti Emmerson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
— Stephen Hezekiah Oluwole Oluremilekun Awokoya
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— Vice-Marshal Alfred Cotterill Kermode
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Abington Goodden
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Accountancy in State of South Australia.
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan
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Aii Vice-Marshal William Mary Laurence MAcDoNALD
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Alan Sterling Parkes
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“for Medical Research.”
Albert Wallington Taylor
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Royal Air Force
Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alexander Kidd Duthie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Alfred William Hammond Noakes
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Alick Foord-Kelcey
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Anastasia Michaelovna Wernher
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“For political and public services in Bedfordshire.”
Andrew Reid
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Angus Robert Clark
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Archibald Gerald Glenister
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur George Linfield
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Arthur James Biggar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Royal Air Force
Arthur Ralph Brooks Edgecombe
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
Athelstan Popkess
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“For public services in Belfast.”
Audrey Frances Philipson Worsley- Taylor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“For political and public ser- vices in Lancashire.”
Basil Edward Nield
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
“for Chester since 1940.”
Benjamin Crewdson Thomas
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1956
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 30 December 1955.
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