Birthday Honours 1953
Flora MacLeod of Macleod DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For social and public services in Scotland.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For social and public services in Scotland.
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) · 1953
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 1953“For social and public services in Scotland.”
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“For social and public services in Scotland.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For social and public services in Scotland.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 4 times in the Birthday Honours List 1953.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1953
— Mary Frances Coulshed
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
Catherine Fulford
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For political and public services in London.”
Helen Cynthia Colville
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1953
“For social work, including services to the welfare of mothers and children.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1953
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1953 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1953.
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