New Year Honours 1944
Clement Anderson Akrofi CVO
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
“For services to education in the Gold Coast.”
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Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
For services to education in the Gold Coast.
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“For services to education in the Gold Coast.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Royal Victorian Order was awarded 1,182 times in the New Year Honours List 1944 — about 54% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the New Year Honours 1944
- Edward Sebastian Burke Gaffney<
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— Allan Powell
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— Commandant Katherine Jane Trefusis Forbes
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— Cowasjee Jehangir
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— Douglas Newbold
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— Ernest Lucas Guest
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“For public services, especially in connection with the inaugura- tion of the Empire Air Training Scheme in the Colony.”
— Major-General Henry Guy Riley
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— Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke
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— Richard Gardiner Casey
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— Vice-Admiral St. Aubyn Baldwin Wake
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— Vice-Marshal Robert Henry Magnus Spencer Saundby
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— William Robert Fraser
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. George Dunbar Moore
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. Ronald Alexander Denovan
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.' Henderson McDiarmid
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' Robert Edwin Soanes
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Coldstream Guards
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(temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
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• George Douglas Izzett
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•Leader Edward Charles Smith-Ross
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Abani Bhusan Chatterjee
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Abdel Qader Pasha el Jundi
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Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts Durham Light
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Others recognised for Education
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 6,604 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Shelagh Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
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Commander of the Royal Victorian Order · 1944
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1944 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1943.
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