The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order, with five classes, includes the following.
The appointment to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire at this level permits the usage of a post-nominal CBE.
Appointment to the order is made in the Civil and Military Divisions.
The following members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service have been appointed as Commanders of the Order.
2009 - Commodore Robert Charles THORTON, R.F.A.
1924 - Commander Guybon Chesney Castell DAMANT, O.B.E. Royal Navy (Retired)
1958 - Commodore Thomas ELDER, D.S.C., R.F.A.
1965 - Commodore Eric PAYNE, R.F.A.
1966 - Captain Hubert George CARKEET, R.F.A.
1967 - Commodore Griffith Owain Wyn EVANS, D.S.C., R.F.A.
1967 - Captain George ROBSON, R.F.A.
1968 - Senior Chief Engineer Officer Henry Charles Adams BRAIN, R.F.A.
1969 - Commodore Joe DINES, R.D., R.F.A.
1970 - Marine Superintendent Norman Richard McLEOD, R.F.A.
1973 - Captain Iorwerth Bonner ROBERTS, R.F.A.
1977 - Captain Donald Gordon McLeod AVERILL, R.F.A.
1979 - Captain John DITCHBURN, R.F.A.
1980 - Captain John Desmond FISHER, R.F.A.
1982 - Commodore Samuel Clarke DUNLOP, M.B.E., R.F.A.
1986 - Captain Cyril Gordon BUTTERWORTH, R.F.A.
1991 - Captain John Barrie DICKINSON, O.B.E., R.F.A.
1994 - Commodore Richard Montgomery THORN, R.F.A.
1997 - Commodore Norman David SQUIRE, R.F.A.
2003 - Commodore Peter John LANNIN, R.F.A.
