Birthday Honours 1960
Eirene Elizabeth Pilkington MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Deputy Director • British Red Cross Society
Organisation: British Red Cross Society
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1960 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1960
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 1960- Role at the time
- Deputy Director, British Red Cross Society
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 589 times in the Birthday Honours List 1960 — about 43% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Director, British Red Cross Society.
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 1960
Aaron Jacha
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Achim Mathule
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Ada Elsie Ainsworth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Adrian Watson Wise
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Alan Tavenner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Albert Edward Chappell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
“For political and public services in Lincolnshire.”
Albert Edward Rolton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Albert Henry Bradley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
“For political and public services in Derbyshire.”
Albert Henry Roullier
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Albert Ward
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Albert Willey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Alexander Haldane Stott
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Royal Air Force
Alexander John Watt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Alexander Neil Nicolson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Alfred Henry Rowe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
“For political services in Morpeth.”
Alfred Leslie Richards
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Royal Air Force
Alhaji Ahmadu
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Alhaji Danwawu
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
“For public services in the Northern Region, Nigeria.”
Ali Bahadur
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Alice Eva Cross
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Allan White
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Royal Air Force
Ambrose Lim
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
“For public services in North Borneo.”
Andrew Richard Taylor
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
Andrew Strang
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1960
“For political services in the West of Scotland.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1960
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1960 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1960.
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