New Year Honours 1956
Cecilia Emily Maud Gummow MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• National Savings Assembly
“for Mid-Surrey, National Savings Assembly.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1956
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New Year Honours 1956- Role at the time
- National Savings Assembly
“for Mid-Surrey, National Savings Assembly.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“for Mid-Surrey, National Savings Assembly.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 662 times in the New Year Honours List 1956 — about 48% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
National Savings Assembly.
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 New Year Honours 1956
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Ada Constance Layzell
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“For missionary and educational services in the Western Region, Nigeria.”
Adam Harrison Menzies
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Administrative Assistant
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Agnes Leopoldina George
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Ahmed Sheikh Mohamed
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Aircraft Artificer George Robert Pengelly
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Aircraft Artificer Norman Day
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Aircraft Establishment
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Alan Rough
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Albert Daniel Connolly
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Albert Edward Arthur
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Albert Edward Brown
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Royal Air Force
Albert Ernest Thomas
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Albert Frederick Pryor Wiltshire Regiment .
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Albert Henry Saunders
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Albert Hugh Abercrombie
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Albert Lemcke Tauwhare
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Royal Air Force
Albert Leonard Frisby
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1956
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1956 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1955.
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