The OBE award is the Officer class of the Order of the British Empire. Usually awarded to army officer of the rank of Captain, Major or Lieut.-Colonel as a reward for their loyal service. In some cases the OBE was awarded in stead of a gallantry award.

The Order of the British Empire was created during the First World War in 1917 by George V. The King recognised the necessity for a new award of honour which could be more widely awarded, in recognition of the large numbers of people in the British Isles and other parts of the Empire who were helping the war effort both as combatants and as civilians on the home front. For the first time, women were included in an order of chivalry, and it was decided that the Order should also include foreigners who had helped the British war effort.

From 1918 onwards there were Military and Civil Divisions, as George V also intended that after the war the Order should be used to reward services to the State, defined in a much wider sense to acknowledge distinguished service to the arts and sciences, public services outside the Civil Service and work with charitable and welfare organisations of all kinds. The Order of the British Empire is the order of chivalry of the British democracy. Valuable service is the only criterion for the award, and the Order is now used to reward service in a wide range of useful activities.

Worcestershire Officers who were awarded the OBE (Officer of this order)

The rank show in the table below is that which was held at the time the Order was awarded.

Worcestershire Regiment men who were awarded the OBE in World War 1

Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Battalion

Gazette (date)

Armitage, D.S.O

Charles Leathley

Captain (Bt. Major)

-

03/06/1919

Bowring, D.S.O.

Edward Langley

Major (T/Lieut.-Col.)

-

03/06/1919

Chesney

Dennis

Captain

-

03/06/1919

Chichester

Walter Raleigh

Lieut.-Colonel

-

03/06/1919

Cliff

Arthur

Captain

-

03/06/1919

Cotton

William Ernest Leslie

Major

-

01/01/1918

Davids

Maurice

Captain

-

03/06/1919

Deakin

Charles

Bt. Major

-

12/12/1919

Edwards

Harry Melville

Lieut.-Colonel

-

03/06/1919

Edwards

Walter B.

Captain

-

03/06/1919

Field

Christopher Senior

Captain

att. Nigeria R., WAFF

03/06/1919

Fitzjohn

Geoffrey N.

Lieut.-Colonel

-

01/01/1919

Gabb

Samuel Alwyne

T/Major

-

01/01/1918

Guinness

Owen Charles

Captain

-

03/06/1919

Harvey

Frank Barrington

Captain

-

03/06/1919

Hopkins

Percy Alfred

Major (T/Lieut.-Col.)

16th

03/06/1919

Inwood, M.C.

Charles Herbert

Captain & Qmr.

-

03/06/1919

James

D. C.

A/Major

-

03/06/1919

Lambton, D.S.O.

George Charles

Major (Bt. Lt.-Col.)

-

03/06/1919

Leggett, D.S.O.

Robert Anthony Linington

T/Lieut.-Colonel

-

03/06/1919

Milward

Harry Daires

Lieut.-Colonel

-

03/06/1919

Nelson

James Ower

Bt. Lieut.-Colonel

-

01/01/1918

Peacocke

Goodricke Thomas

Lieut.-Colonel

-

12/12/1919

Pearce

Wallace George James

Captain

-

12/12/1919

Sallis

Daniel

Major & Qmr.

-

03/06/1919

Stewart

Charles

Major (T/Lieut.-Col.)

16th

03/06/1919

Stokes-Roberts, M.C.

Arthur Edward

Captain

-

05/05/1919

Tomkinson, M.C.

Geoffrey Stewart

A/Lieut.-Colonel

-

01/01/1919

Urwick, M.C.

Lyndall Fownes

Major

-

03/06/1919

Wheeler

Edward Vincent Vashon

Colonel

-

07/06/1918

Surname

Forename/s

No.

Rank

Gazette (date)

Bishop

Leslie Arthur

90730

A/Lieut.-Colonel

02/08/1945

Gillmore

Argyle Henry

33689

Major (T/Lieut.-Colonel)

08/06/1944

Glenn

Maurice James

53969

T/Lieut.-Colonel

13/12/1945

Melville-Lee

Rupert Henry

8055

Lieut.-Colonel

19/10/1944

Milner

John Theodore

13093

T/Lieut.-Colonel

01/01/1946

Wills

Charles Pearce Germon

172

Major (T/Lieut.-Col.)

08/06/1944

Surname

Forename/s

No.

Rank

Gazette (date)

Bryant

Leslie George Hamlyn

10852

Lieut.-Colonel

10/06/1948

Tooby, M.C.

Edward Reed Ward

64486

Lieut.-Colonel

31/12/1960

Ford

Harry Edward Richard

11761

Lieutenant

09/06/1955

Cronin

Derek Norrington

66597

Lieut.-Colonel

09/06/1955

Day

Geoffrey H.

31029

Major

-