Birthday Honours 1943
William Milne OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Merchant Navy
Organisation: Merchant Navy
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1943 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1943
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 663 times in the Birthday Honours List 1943 — about 100% 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 Birthday Honours 1943
-John Murray Rymer-Jones
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
lately Chief Constable
-Mary Ryan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
“For services to Civil Defence.”
.EtHel Dorothy Butchers
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
"Elizabeth Cox
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Abdul Jubber
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Brookes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Edgar Rowsell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Albert Edward Dawes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Edward Hicks
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Edward Peachey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Edward Powell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert George Savage
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Greathead
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Harcup
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert James Whithard
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Victor Evans
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Albert Walter Alexander Paramor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Alec Hobson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Alexander Harvey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Alexander Innes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Alexander McCulloch
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Alexander McMillan Riddet
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Alexander Reid
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Alexander Skene Cromarty
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1943
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1943
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1943 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1943.
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