Birthday Honours 1985
Colin James Howett MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1985 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1985
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 85 times in the Birthday Honours List 1985 — about 7% of the list.
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 1985
Albert Victor Smith
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Ambrose Harry Warde
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Andrew Cameron Rennte
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Chief Superintendent
Anthony Frederick Edward Gaite
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Anthony Neil Dando
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Royal Navy
Arthur John Abbas
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Australian States C.B.E.
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Barbara Gunson Higgins
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“For services to the British community in Houston, Texas.”
Benjamin Walter Verge Tomsett
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Brian Pat- rick Concannon
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Royal Regiment of Artillery
Brian Ross Knjjpe
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Royal Navy
British community in Dhahran
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British shipping interests in Liberia
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For services to ex-prison- ers of war in Hong Kong.”
Claud Bayliss Genever
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Clifford Henry Partridge
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
David Henry Greenfield Royal Anglian Regiment.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
The Royal Anglian Regiment
David Hughes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Doris May Davis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Dorothy Harriet Wadley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For services to the community.”
Douglas Dunmore Lang
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For services to the community.”
Edward Charles Digby Carter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Engineering Artificer Gerald Alan Fitter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Frederick Alder Calvert
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Frederick George Richard Diment
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“For ser- vices to English teaching in Benin.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1985
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1985 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1985.
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