Commanders of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

e.g. "John Smith CBE"

125 Plaque Subjects

Sir William Henry Bragg OM KBE PRS
(1862-1942) developer of the first x-ray spectrometer

Sir Capt Geoffrey De Havilland OM CBE FRAeS AFC RDI
(1882-1965) aircraft designer

Sir C. Aubrey Smith CBE
(1863-1948) actor

Rev Dr Gwilym Davies CBE MA LLD
(1879-1955) Reverend

Sir Frederick Ashton CH OM CBE
(1904-1988) choreographer

Arthur Waley CH CBE
(1889-1966) poet

Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE
(1914-2000) Academy Award Winner

Sir Brigadier Philip Toosey CBE DSO TD JP
(1904-1975) British Army Brigadier

Sir Stanley Matthews CBE
(1915-2000) Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Sir Terence Rattigan CBE
(1911-1977) playwright

Sir John Betjeman CBE
(1906-1984) poet

Lady May Baird CBE
(1901-1983) social pioneer

Sir Ernst Gombrich OM CBE FBA
(1909-2001) art historian

Sir William Golding CBE
(1911-1993) novelist

Vivian Ridler CBE
(1913-2009) printer

Dr William George Hoskins CBE PhD FRIBA D.Litt FBA
(1908-1992) historian of Devon, Exeter and the English landscape

Robert Bolt CBE
(1924-1995) playwright

Sir Neville Marriner CH CBE
(1924-2016) conductor

Sir Ian McKellen CH CBE
(1939-present) actor

Dr Brendan O'Regan CBE
(1917-2008) Doctor (unknown type)