New Year Honours 1973
Alan Charles East
Air Force Cross
Royal Air Force
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1973 with the Air Force Cross.
London Gazette page
Air Force Cross · 1973
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Air Force Cross · 1967
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Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Air Force Cross
Birthday Honours 1967- Role at the time
- Royal Air Force
Air Force Cross
New Year Honours 1973- Role at the time
- Royal Air Force
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How common is this award?
The Air Force Cross was awarded 11 times in the New Year Honours List 1973 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Royal Air Force.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Air Force Cross in the New Year Honours 1973
Bar to Force Cross : Edward David Frith
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
David James Willis
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
Royal Air Force
Force Department Force Medal Force Department
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
George Alan White
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
Royal Air Force
Henry John Moffat
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
Royal Air Force
Jeremy Michael Yates
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
“for Dis- tinguished Service to the undermentioned: Queen's Police Medal ENGLAND AND WALES Francis Hamilton PAYBODY, Deputy Chief Constable, Hertfordshire Constabulary.”
Peter Neville Perry
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
Russell Pengelly
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
Royal Air Force
Timothy Fawbert Carter
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
Royal Air Force
William John Wratten
PersonAir Force Cross · 1973
Royal Air Force
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Air Force Cross · 1973
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1973 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1972.
Air Force Cross · 1967
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1967 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1967.
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