New Year Honours 1955
Francis James Gidlow Jackson
“For political and public services in Manchester and Cheshire.”
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For political and public services in Manchester and Cheshire.
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“For political and public services in Manchester and Cheshire.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 1955 — about 2% of the list.
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Robert Alexander Maclean
Person1955
“For services to industry in Scotland.”
Robert Donald Scott
Person1955
“for the Wansbeck Division, 1940-1945, and for Penrith andxtHe Border since 1950.”
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· 1955
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1955 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1954.
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