New Year Honours 1969
David Peter Hemery MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Athletics.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1969
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“For services to Athletics.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 498 times in the New Year Honours List 1969 — about 34% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 1969
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Abraham Scott
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Ada Gertrude Wass
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Adrian Francis Le Maitre
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Adrianne Shirley Jones
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“For services to Lawn Tennis.”
Albert Ernest Batchelor
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Director
Albert Fred Bailey
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Royal Air Force
Albert John Walford
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Albert Parrish
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Albert Schofield Sherwood Foresters .
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Alexander Richard ST. Pierre
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Alexander Rose
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
“for Scotland.”
Alexander Stenhouse
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Alfred Herbert Chandler
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“For services to local government and to the community.”
Alfred James Vincent Richardson
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Alfred McWHINNEY
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Alice Cornelia Maconochie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
“for Scotland, Inverewe Gardens, Ross-shire.”
Alice Eugenie Garrett
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Alice Waterhouse
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Allastair Roy French
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Higher Executive Officer
Allen William Wakeford
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Amy Joan Sheldon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
“For services to charities in Merthyr Tydfil and South Wales.”
Andrew Malcolm McDEARMID
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1969
Andrew Malcolm McGREGOR
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Royal Air Force
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Steven Thompson
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Scott Rogers
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“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
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London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
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Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
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Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
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Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
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Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
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Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
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Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
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Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
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London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
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London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
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Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1969
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1969 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1968.
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