New Year Honours 1950
William John Kearns OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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Recognised in the New Year Honours 1950 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1950
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 243 times in the New Year Honours List 1950 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
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 1950
— flocal) Carol Ardern
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Royal Regiment of Artillery
— Jiaines William Acheson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
— Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald William Walls
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alan Hartley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alastair Dyson Panton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Alec-Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Forbes Anderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Hodge Nisbet
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Lane Clark
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander William Wallace Willoughby
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alfred Edward Mallett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alfred Jones
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
“For political and public services in Lancashire.”
Alfred Salomone
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Amy Ruth Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Andrew Gallagher
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
“For public services in Strabane, County Tyrone.”
Andrew Small
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
“For services in .the State of South Australia, especially to Scottish societies and settlers from Scotland.”
Andrew's Ambulance Association.
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arnold Binns
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arnold Wall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Royal Air Force
Arthur Daniel Jaff£
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arthur George Curtis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arthur Harold Morley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arthur Henry Telling
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Arthur Netherwood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1950
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1950 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1949.
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