Order of the British Empire

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British order of chivalry order of chivalry

The Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry that recognizes contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, and public service, comprising several ranks including both civil and military divisions.

Aliases (18)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British order of chivalry → order of chivalry →
abbreviation	CBE → DBE → GBE → KBE → MBE → OBE →
awardingBody	British monarch →
country	United Kingdom →
dateOfEstablishment	1917-06-04 →
eligibility	British nationals → Commonwealth citizens → foreign nationals (honorary) →
establishedBy	King George V →
hasChancellor	Lord Chamberlain →
hasChapel	St Paul’s Cathedral →
hasDivision	Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire → Military Division of the Order of the British Empire →
hasGradeCount	5 →
hasInsignia	badge of the Order of the British Empire → ribbon of the Order of the British Empire → star of the Order of the British Empire →
hasLowerPrecedenceThan	Royal Victorian Order →
hasPostnominal	CBE → DBE → GBE → KBE → MBE → OBE →
hasPrecedenceOver	Order of the Companions of Honour →
hasRank	Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire → Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire → Member of the Order of the British Empire → Officer of the Order of the British Empire →
hasSovereign	monarch of the United Kingdom →
includesHonoraryAwardsFor	foreign nationals →
motto	For God and the Empire →
partOf	British honours system →
purpose	to recognize charitable work → to recognize contributions to the arts → to recognize contributions to the sciences → to recognize public service →
typeOfAward	state order →
typicalConfermentOccasion	Birthday Honours → New Year Honours →

Referenced by (144)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alan Garner ("Officer of the Order of the British Empire") → Albert C. Wedemeyer → Alexander Papagos → Alexandros Papagos → Anish Kapoor ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Arnold Wilkins → Barnes Wallis → Barry Gibb ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Betty Cuthbert ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") → Billy Bishop → Bono ("Honorary Knighthood (KBE)") → Brian Horrocks → Bruce Fraser → Bull Halsey → Charles Best → Chin Peng ("Order of the British Empire (revoked)") → Christopher Lee ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Clementine Churchill → Clementine Ogilvy Hozier → Curtis LeMay → Daley Thompson ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") → David Attenborough → David Beckham ("Officer of the Order of the British Empire") → Dawn Fraser ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") → Demis Hassabis ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Denis Smallwood ("Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire") → Denis Thatcher ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Donald Davies ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Frank Lampard ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") → George C. Kenney → George Martin → Georgy Zhukov → Hap Arnold → Helen Sharman → Henry Harwood → Hiroyuki Sanada ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") → J. R. R. Tolkien ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → James Baker ("Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire") → James Jesus Angleton → James M. Gavin → James M. Gavin → John Barrowman ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") → John Barry → John Hunt, Baron Hunt → Joseph Needham → Joseph Rotblat → Kenneth Branagh → L. S. Lowry → Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → Lewis H. Brereton → Marc A. Mitscher → Margaret Chan → Mark W. Clark → Mark W. Clark → Matthew Ridgway → Max Horton → Michael Sheen → Norman Wisdom ("Officer of the Order of the British Empire") → Philip Vian → Pierce Brosnan → R. J. Mitchell ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Rabindranath Tagore ("Knighthood of the British Empire") → Richard Attenborough ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Ringo Starr ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") → Rosslyn Wemyss → Roy Urquhart ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Sandy Powell → Sir Alex Ferguson ("Officer of the Order of the British Empire") → Sir Alex Ferguson ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Sir Robert Charlton → Stella McCartney → Sydney Camm → Sydney Camm → Terence Rattigan ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Terry Pratchett → Thomas Blamey ("Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire") → Thomas Sopwith → Timothy Spall ("Officer of the Order of the British Empire") → Tony Adams ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") → Walter Annenberg ("Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Walter Bedell Smith → Walton H. Walker → William Halsey Jr. → William Stephenson → Władysław Anders →	awardReceived
CBE → DBE → GBE ("Most Excellent Order of the British Empire") → Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (via Melinda French Gates) → KBE → Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire → MBE → OBE →	partOf
Order of the British Empire ("Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire") → Order of the British Empire ("Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire") → Order of the British Empire ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Order of the British Empire ("Officer of the Order of the British Empire") → Order of the British Empire ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") →	hasRank
Angela Lansbury → Benedict Cumberbatch → Elizabeth Taylor → Richard Branson → Sheila Hancock →	memberOf
Elton John ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → John Stott ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → Liam Neeson ("Officer of the Order of the British Empire") → Richard Curtis ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") →	honor
Colin Firth ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → John Templeton → Karen Armstrong ("Officer of the Order of the British Empire") →	hasHonor
DBE → KBE →	establishedInOrder
Order of the British Empire ("Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire") → Order of the British Empire ("Military Division of the Order of the British Empire") →	hasDivision
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") → OBE ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") →	lowerRank
Bobby Charlton → Murray Sueter →	memberOfOrder
Commander →	associatedWith
Kenny Dalglish →	decoratedBy
MBE ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") →	fullName
William Halsey Jr. →	hasAward
Knight Bachelor ("Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire") →	hasFemaleEquivalent
New Year Honours ("Order of the British Empire appointments") →	hasPart
Van Morrison →	hasWonAward
Order of the Thistle →	higherThan
Bono ("Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire") →	honorificTitle
John Profumo ("Commander of the Order of the British Empire") →	honour
Michael Gambon →	honouredBy
British honours system ("The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire") →	includes
Order of Orange-Nassau →	isComparableTo
Knight Bachelor →	isDistinctFrom
Knight Bachelor ("Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire") →	isLowerRankThan
Order of the Star of Melanesia ("Order of the British Empire (as used historically in PNG honours)") →	lower
OBE →	orderGradeOf
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood →	oversees
Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (via Melinda French Gates) ("Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire") →	rank
Order of the Companions of Honour →	ranksAbove
L. S. Lowry →	rejectedAward
CBE ("Member of the Order of the British Empire") →	relatedHonour
GBE →	relatedOrder
The Queen's Gallantry Medal ("Order of the British Empire for Gallantry") →	replaced
British honours system ("Knight or Dame Grand Cross") →	typicalOrderGrades
Knight or Dame Commander →	usedInOrder