New Year Honours 1965
William Frederick Carew Wreford CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Royal Navy
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1965 with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1965
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 156 times in the New Year Honours List 1965 — about 14% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Royal Navy.
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 1965
Alan Edward Medlycott
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Alan William Frank Sutton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Albert Donald Jackson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Air Force
Alexander John Buckley Rutherford
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Alexander McDoNALD
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Alexander McKay Sinclair Steedman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Alfred John Townsend
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For services to export.”
Allan James Marr
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Allan Miles Ward
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Andrew James Taylor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Andrew Rintoul
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Anthony Heriot Watson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For political and public services in Birmingham.”
Archibald Graham Steavenson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For political and public services in Southampton.”
Arthur Charles Main
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Arthur William Suddaby
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Basil William Parsons
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Bengt Thorsten Lindahl
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Bernard Harden Champion
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Bernard Leslie Rigby
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Bernard Trimingham Gosling
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
“For public services in Bermuda.”
Brenda Mary Rogers
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Casimir Michael Grigg
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Cecil Wilfrid Luscombe Bevan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Chaim Raphael
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1965
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1965 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1964.
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