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Top to bottom: KBE or CBE (military) badge and riband, GBE star, KBE/DBE star, MBE (civil) and OBE (military) badges and ribands. The designs of insignia of the order and medal were altered in 1937, prior to the coronation of King George VI , 'in commemoration of the reign of King George V and Queen Mary, during which the Order was founded'. [ 4 ]
The New Year Honours 1983 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries.
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Ken Loach, film director (in 1977): "I turned down the OBE because it's not a club you want to join when you look at the villains who've got it." [160] L. S. Lowry, artist (declined OBE in 1955, a CBE in 1961, a knighthood in 1968 and appointment as CH, twice, in 1972 and 1976; holds the record for the most honours declined). [4]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. British former tennis player (born 1987) For other people with the same name, see Andrew Murray. Sir Andy Murray OBE Murray at the 2015 Australian Open Full name Andrew Barron Murray Country (sports) Great Britain Residence Leatherhead, Surrey, England Born (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 (age ...
CBE ribbon Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson , CBE (born 30 July 1958 [ 2 ] ), better known as Daley Thompson , is an English former decathlete . He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984 , and broke the world record for the event four times.
In information retrieval, Okapi BM25 (BM is an abbreviation of best matching) is a ranking function used by search engines to estimate the relevance of documents to a given search query. It is based on the probabilistic retrieval framework developed in the 1970s and 1980s by Stephen E. Robertson , Karen Spärck Jones , and others.
Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours [37] and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to motorsport. [38] [39] [40]