Birthday Honours 1983
Ernest Leslie Banfield
Air Force Cross
Royal Air Force
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1983 with the Air Force Cross.
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Air Force Cross · 1983
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Queen's Fire Service Medal · 1972
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In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Queen's Fire Service Medal
New Year Honours 1972- Role at the time
- Royal Air Force
Air Force Cross
Birthday Honours 1983- Role at the time
- Royal Air Force
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Air Force Cross
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How common is this award?
The Air Force Cross was awarded 11 times in the Birthday Honours List 1983 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Royal Air Force.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Air Force Cross in the Birthday Honours 1983
Brian John Norman Essex
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Air Force
Geoffrey Peck
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Air Force
John Cameron Gunning
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Navy
Michael David Beech
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Air Force
Michael William' Paul Chapple
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Air Force
Nigel David Arnall- Culliford
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Navy
Peter Averill Bedford
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Air Force
Peter Vernon Harris
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Air Force
Philip James Stockley
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Army Air Corps
Timothy John Henry Gedge
PersonAir Force Cross · 1983
Royal Navy
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Air Force Cross · 1983
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1983 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1983.
Queen's Fire Service Medal · 1972
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1972 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1971.
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