Description
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
In original Royal Mint box- confirmed by family that this was awarded to him in the 1964 Birthday Honours list for services in Hong Kong supplying mains water to Red China to the colony.
Edward Parr Wilmot-Morgan, Assistant Director of Public Works, Hong Kong.
The Queen’s Birthday Honours 1964 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.
The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen. They were announced on 13 June 1964 for the United Kingdom,Australia, New Zealand, Sierra Leone and Jamaica.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.