User:Necrothesp/List of Officers of the Order of the British Empire, 1939–1947
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- Indicates that the award was or appears to have been for gallantry. Although the Order of the British Empire was not officially awarded "for Gallantry" until 1940, in practice it was sometimes awarded for courageous acts before this time.
Name | Rank/Title | Organisation | Post | Nationality | Conflict/Incident | Gazette[1] |
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Roberts, Hugh | Captain | Merchant Navy | Master, SS Mopan | British | World War II (Battle of the Atlantic) | 1939/11/03[2] |
Farrar, Thomas Huntley | Captain | Merchant Navy | Master, SS Baharistan | British | World War II (Battle of the Atlantic) | 1939/12/01[3] |
Grayston, Edward Templeton, DSC, RD | Captain (Commander, RNR) | Merchant Navy | Master, SS Karamea | British | World War II (Battle of the Atlantic) | 1939/12/01[3] |
White, Albert Angel | Captain | Merchant Navy | Master, SS Stonepool | British | World War II (Battle of the Atlantic) | 1939/12/01[3] |
Batson, Sydney Edward | Captain | Merchant Navy | Master, SS Heronspool | British | World War II (Battle of the Atlantic) | 1939/12/15[4] |
Steward, John | Captain | Merchant Navy | Master, SS Hopestar | British | World War II (Battle of the Atlantic) | 1940/02/06[5] |
Ward, Thomas | First Officer | Merchant Navy | SS Oakgrove | British | World War II (Battle of the Atlantic) | 1940/02/06[5] |
Footnotes
- ^ In format year/month/day. Note that some awards are backdated. In such instances, the actual date of the award is given first and the gazette date is given in parentheses.
- ^ "No. 34724". The London Gazette. 3 November 1939. pp. 7405–7406.
- ^ a b c "No. 34744". The London Gazette. 1 December 1939. pp. 8032–8033.
- ^ "No. 34754". The London Gazette. 15 December 1939. pp. 8324–8325.
- ^ a b "No. 34786". The London Gazette. 6 February 1940. pp. 713–715.