New Year Honours 1976
William Berge Phillips OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to sport and the community.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1976
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“For services to sport and the community.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 131 times in the New Year Honours List 1976 — about 9% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 1976
Alec Lindow Gillibrand
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to com- merce and the British community in Saudi Arabia.”
Alexander George Gillon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to football and the community.”
Allan Fletcher
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Annie Huidah Bodden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For public services in the Cayman Islands.”
Arthur Douglas Willcox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Royal Navy
Athol John Dundas Simpson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to British commercial interests and to the British community in Iran.”
Audrey Beryl Lambert
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Basil Richard Ryland Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Beryl Grant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to the community and nursing.”
Brian William Lavender
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
British Commercial interests in Bahrain
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
British community in Portugal Paul Bevan Gotch
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Cecil John Lang
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Charles Maurice Lisner
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to the ballet and charity.”
Christian Association.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Clement Edmund Francis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services in local government and to charity.”
Colin John Richards
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Colin Thompson Fairless
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to the British community in Uruguay.”
Daniel Alexander Stewart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to British commercial interests in Kenya.”
David Aloysius McKENZIE-McHARG
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For municipal and community services.”
David Bruce Leech
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Royal Air Force
David Charles William Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Royal Navy
David Frank Lawrence
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
Royal Air Force
David Howard Humphreys
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1976
“For services to educa- tion and the British community in Cyprus.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1976
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1976 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1975.
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