Honours list
New Year Honours List 1965
Published 30 December 1964. Celebrating exceptional achievements and distinguished service across the United Kingdom and overseas territories.
What was awarded
How the 1,127 New Year Honours 1965 honours break down - from the British Empire Medal to knighthoods and damehoods. Select an award to see its recipients.
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- KCBKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath7 · 1%
- CMGCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George3 · 0%
- KCVOKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order2 · 0%
- KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire4 · 0%
- CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire156 · 14%
- OBEOfficer of the Order of the British Empire352 · 31%
- MBEMember of the Order of the British Empire546 · 48%
- Other57 · 5%
Military honours
Honouring the armed forces
138 sailors, marines, soldiers and aircrew were recognised in the New Year Honours 1965, gazetted with their rank and service branch. Explore the recipients by service.
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Every topic recognised in the New Year Honours List 1965, by the number of recipients. Scroll for the full list; click a topic for its recipients in this round.
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1,127 people
Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel Smart Cowan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Harold Jarvis Bradbury
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
John Frederick Clegg
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Michael Neild Collis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Instructor William Edward John Golding
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Supply George Edward Griffin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Knowling HopsoN-HiLL
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Martin Henry Packard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Ian Tom David Riddell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
John Reginald Derek Sears
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Marines
Geoffrey James Sherman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Sidney Frank Turner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Navy
Thomas Charles Yandell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Naval Reserve
Ian Helstrip Baker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Tank Regiment
Arthur Begg
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Corps of Signals
Geoffrey John Brierley Parachute Regiment
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
The Parachute Regiment
Douglas Harold Cresswell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Arthur Rigg Edwards
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Army Medical Corps
Maxwell Dennis Embury
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Army Cadet Force
Lieutenant-Colonel Eric William Percy Evans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Lionel John Fiddaman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Army Cadet Force
Colin Leonard Beauchamp Gillespie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Corps of Royal Engineers
Brian David Heelis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Martin Hudson Jones Parachute Regiment
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1965
The Parachute Regiment