Birthday Honours 1981
William Gerrard OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Chemistry.”
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“For services to Chemistry.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 259 times in the Birthday Honours List 1981 — about 20% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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“For services to Export.”
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Andrew Strang
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“For Political Service in Scotland.”
Angela Margaret
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“For Political and Public Service, East Midlands Area.”
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Anthony Leslie Meier
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Anthony Peter William Windle
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Arthur Stanley Jerwood
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“for Old People.”
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Brian Neville Wanstall
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Oswestry, Shropshire
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“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Geoffrey Underwood
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Newport, Isle of Wight
“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
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Ian Ritchey
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Brian Mcconnell
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
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Myrtle Dawes
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
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London, Greater London
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Adikaari Adikaari
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
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Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
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“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
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Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Multi-Hazard Science and Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1981
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1981 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1981.
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