Birthday Honours 1972
Arnold Roy Blashki MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to ex-servicemen and women and to the Jewish community.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to ex-servicemen and women and to the Jewish community.
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“For services to ex-servicemen and women and to the Jewish community.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to ex-servicemen and women and to the Jewish community.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 510 times in the Birthday Honours List 1972 — about 38% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1972
Agnes Barbara Goodall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alan Guy Cunningham- Hill
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Royal Air Force
Alan Norris Black Watch .
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Albert George Davis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to pharmacy and the community.”
Albert Green
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to Export.”
Albert Henry Sedgwick Green Howards (Alexandra
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Albert James Rodwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to the Brewing Industry and to Export.”
Albert John Middleton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“for National Savings.”
Alec Raymond Tearle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Royal Air Force
Alexander Ewing Crawford Denovan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alexander McDONALD
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Headmaster
Alexander Speirs
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“for the Blind.”
Alexander Thomas Parke Robertson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to Music.”
Alfred Eugene Fenton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Royal Navy
Alfred Huyton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alfred James Macklin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Senior Executive Officer
Alfred Ralph Jarvis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Chief Superintendent
Alice Fletcher
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to the community.”
Amelia Haslam Sowrey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For political services in Edinburgh.”
Amelia Lawrence Albert
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Andrew Macklin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Chief Officer
Andrew's Ambulance Association.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Ann Urquhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Annie Evelyn Hinton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to the elderly in Wallasey.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1972
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1972 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1972.
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