New Year Honours 1949
Francis William Walker McCoMBE KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
“For services in connection with the disposal of ex-enemy assets in neutral countries.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
For services in connection with the disposal of ex-enemy assets in neutral countries.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) · 1949
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New Year Honours 1949“For services in connection with the disposal of ex-enemy assets in neutral countries.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
“For services in connection with the disposal of ex-enemy assets in neutral countries.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 13 times in the New Year Honours List 1949 — about 1% of the list.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1949
— . Vice-Marshal John Whitford
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— Gerald Thomas Fisher
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/Monsignor .Edward Dejvey
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George Stanley Reed
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Herbert Guy Pertwee
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Khan Bahadur Muhammed Abdul Kader Makawi
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Majesty's Cbnsul-General at Milan.: Richard Jeffery Lockett
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Owen William Phillips
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Royal Navy
Rear-Admiral Henry-Stewart ROOME. Instructor John Cecil .Neave Taylor
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Robert Walsh Mussen
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Stanley Rawes
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William Cecil Cassels
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“for the following.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1949
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1949 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1948.
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