New Year Honours 1978
Victor Grellier Paige CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Deputy Chairman • National Freight Corporation
Organisation: National Freight Corporation
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1978 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1978
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New Year Honours 1978- Role at the time
- Deputy Chairman, National Freight Corporation
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 144 times in the New Year Honours List 1978 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Chairman, National Freight Corporation.
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 1978
Adrian Donaldson
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Alec Field Atkin
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“For services to Export.”
Alexander McLEAN
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Alvingham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Anthony Freer Frodsham
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Chairman
Arnold Harry Jennings
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Headmaster
Arthur Alexander Sisson
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Arthur Geoffrey Robinson
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Managing Director
Arthur Lamb
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Chairman
Arthur William Kenny
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Aubyn Pinckney Simpson
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Austin Wyeth Bunch
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Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College.
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Betty Mabel Eyles
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British commercial interests in Australia.
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Cathleen Nesbitt (Cathleen Mary
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Cecil Desmond Fears
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Charles James Page
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
Charles Norman Thompson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
President
Charles Vere Wintour
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to Journalism.”
Claude Stanfield
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1978
“For services to local govern- ment in Mid Glamorgan.”
Colin Stuart Cullimore
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Managing Director
Constance Marie Patterson
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David Bruce Leech
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1978
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1978 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1977.
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