Knights of the British Empire

e.g. "Sir John Smith KBE"

36 Plaque Subjects

Sir Charles Douglas Fox KBE
(1840-1921) Knight of the British Empire

Sir Lord Herbert Austin KBE
(1866-1941) Knight of the British Empire

Sir Vincent Raven KBE
(1858-1934) last chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH KBE
(1853-1931) author

Sir William Orpen KBE
(1878-1931) painter

Vice-Admiral Sir William Clarkson CMG KBE
(1859-1934) Vice-Admiral

Sir H. Rider Haggard KBE
(1856-1925) novelist

Sir Arthur Whitten Brown KBE
(1886-1948) Knight of the British Empire

Sir Captain John Alcock KBE DSC RN
(1892-1919) Royal Air Force Captain

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

Sir Fabian Ware KBE KCVO
(1869-1949) founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission

Sir Frank Dyson KBE
(1868-1939) Astronomer Royal

Sir Alan Cobham KBE
(1894-1973) aviator

Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton FRS GBE
(1892-1965) Fellow of the Royal Society

Sir Air Cdre Frank Whittle OM KBE CB FRS FRAeS
(1907-1996) jet propulsion pioneer

Sir Lord William Penney OM KBE FRS FRSE
(1909-1991) mathematical physicist

Sir Jacob Epstein KBE
(1880-1959) sculptor

Sir Professor Mark Oliphant KBE
(1901-2000) Professor

Sir Francis Chichester KBE
(1901-1972) author

Sir Charlie Chaplin KBE
(1889-1977) comic genius