New Year Honours 1972
Francis James Sanford Coffin MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers
Organisation: National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1972 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1972
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 436 times in the New Year Honours List 1972 — about 33% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1972
Abigail Lyttleton Dodds
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to charity and music in Bristol.”
Ada Alice Ely
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to the community.”
Adrian George McDonnell Willson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Senior Executive Officer
Alan Grant Parsons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Royal Air Force
Alan Milton Porter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For ser- vices to ex-servicemen.”
Alan Newham Dawson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alasdair Liddell Munro
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Albans Unit
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
lately Committee Member
Albert Arthur Mason
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Albert Edward Davies
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alexander Gray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to the community.”
Alexander Murdo Macleod
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alexander Nichol
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Chief Superintendent
Alfred Ernest Higginson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alfred King
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Alfred Whitney O'Rourke
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to local government.”
Alice Alston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Councillor
Alice Jean Thomas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For services to the arts and the community.”
Alison Hay Shand HUNTER. Coun- cillor
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Animal Health and Industry Training Institute
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Anna Kathleen Ferris
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Arthur Edward Hammond Dowty
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
“For political services in the Midlands.”
Arthur Edward Nelson Wase
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
Arthur Fairclough
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1972
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 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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