Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

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

Officer

The appointment to the Order at this level permits the usage of a post-nominal OBE.

The following members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service have been appointed as Officers of the Order

1918 - Chief Officer E. NICHOLAS, R.F.A.
1918 - Commander Wallace Edgar WHITTINGHAM, R.D., R.N.R.
1919 - Captain Sydney James Hounsell ANGEL, R.F.A.
1920 - Chief Engineer Officer John Philip PLAGE, R.F.A.
1920 - Captain Charles Joseph RUDDER, R.F.A.
1920 - Captain (as Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve) John William WATLING, R.F.A.
1940 - Chief Engineer Officer Alexander BALLANTYNE, R.F.A.
1941 - Captain (as Lieutenant Commander, Royal Naval Reserve) Albert Edward CURTAIN, R.F.A.
1942 - Captain Henry JACKSON, R.F.A
1943 - Captain Sidney Thomas DUNSTER, R.F.A
1943 - Captain Victor HARDING, R.F.A.
1943 - Captain Stanley Guy KENT, R.F.A.
1944 - Captain Richard David WILLIAMS, R.F.A.
1944 - Chief Engineer Officer Clifford Neville ANSELL, R.F.A.
1946 - Captain Lionel HALL, R.F.A.
1946 - Captain John Matthew HUMPHREY, D.S.C., R.F.A.
1946 - Captain Cecil Reginald ROSEN, R.F.A.
1946 - Captain Ernest Victor BLYTH, R.F.A.
1946 - Captain Percival Henry BROOKE, R.F.A.
1946 - Chief Engineer Officer William John BROWN, D.S.C., R.F.A.
1946 - Captain William Brunswick BROWNE, R.F.A.
1946 - Captain Frank Patrick HENNIN, R.F.A.
1946 - Chief Engineer Officer Charles Morgan MORGAN, R.D., R.F.A.
1946 - Chief Officer Douglas George COX, R.F.A.
1946 - Captain Charles Henry NOEL, R.F.A.
1946 - Chief Engineer Officer James PATON, R.F.A.
1946 - Chief Engineer Officer John Borland RUSSELL, R.F.A.
1946 - Chief Officer Sydney Stuart Fender DALGLEISH, R.F.A.
1946 - Chief Officer William Ronald HOLT, D.S.C., R.F.A.
1946 - Chief Officer Arthur JACKSON, R.F.A.
1947 - Captain Reginald John HARLAND, R.F.A.
1948 - Chief Engineer Officer Mortimer Joseph LAWRENCE, D.S.C., R.F.A.
1949 - Captain Thomas CARD, R.F.A.
1949 - Captain Donald Benjamin Charles RALPH, D.S.C., R.F.A.
1951 - Captain Rowland Kelsey HILL, R.F.A.
1951 - Chief Engineer Officer George Arthur CALVERT, R.F.A.
1952 - Captain Harry Meehan SINCLAIR, R.F.A.
1953 - Chief Engineer Officer Alexander Bain McINTYRE, R.D., R.F.A.
1953 - Captain George Frederick RUTTER, R.D., R.F.A.
1955 - Captain John Rossiter HAYWARD, R.F.A.
1955 - Chief Engineer Officer Harold RINGSHAW, R.F.A.
1955 - Captain William Walter PEDDLE, R.F.A.
1956 - Chief Engineer Officer Harold Marshall PEARSON, R.F.A.
1957 - Captain Albert Victor BARTON, R.F.A.
1958 - Captain Howard Douglas GAUSDEN, D.S.O., R.F.A.
1959 - Captain Frank Arthur SHAW, R.D., R.F.A.
1959 - Chief Engineer Officer David Cyril LEATHLEY, R.F.A.
1960 - Captain Franklin George EDWARDS, R.F.A.
1960 - Captain Douglas Shirley NORRINGTON, R.D., R.F.A.
1960 - Chief Engineer Officer John Benjamin Deane PAYNE, R.F.A.
1961 - Captain Ernest Charles ROGERS, R.F.A.
1961 - Captain Samuel THOMAS, R.F.A.
1961 - Marine Engineer Superintendent Frederick Ernest LANGER, R.F.A
1962 - Captain James JOLLY, R.F.A.
1962 - Commodore Chief Engineer Reginald Rupert DARROCH, R.F.A.
1963 - Captain Donovan John Shedlock NEWTON, R.F.A.
1963 - Senior Chief Engineer Officer George James MATHEWS, R.F.A.
1964 - Captain Frederick George EVANS, R.F.A.
1964 - Chief Engineer Officer John Edward KENNEDY, R.F.A.
1982 - Captain John Barrie DICKINSON, R.F.A.
1982 - Captain Peter James McCARTHY, R.F.A.
1982 - Captain Gilbert Paul OVERBURY, R.F.A.
1982 - Captain Shane REDMOND, R.F.A.
1982 - Captain Christopher Anthony PURTCHER- WYDENBRUCK, R.F.A.
1990 - Captain Jeremy Roland James CAREW, R.F.A.
1991 - Captain David Edward William LENCH, R.F.A.
1991 - Captain Stuart Gordon PEARCE, R.F.A.
1991 - Captain Brian Paul TARR, R.F.A.
1991 - Captain Brian James WATERS, R.F.A.
1992 - Captain Peter Anthony TAYLOR, R.F.A.
1993 - Captain John Patrick THOMPSON, R.F.A.
1994 - Captain John Martin Murcell WILKINS, R.F.A.
1996 - Captain William Michael WALWORTH, R.F.A.
2000 - Captain Leslie Michael COUPLAND, R.F.A.
2003 - Captain Robert Hugh ALLAN, R.F.A.
2003 - Captain Ross Geoffrey FERRIS, R.F.A.
2005 - Captain Robin Paul LOCK, R.F.A.
2005 - Captain Alan Thomas ROACH, R.F.A.
2007 - Captain Dale John Morton WORTHINGTON, R.F.A.