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New Year Honours 1947

Fred Kershaw

• For political and public services

“For political and public services.”

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New Year Honours List 1947

For political and public services.

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  1. New Year Honours 1947
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    For political and public services
    “For political and public services.”

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“For political and public services.”
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    The was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 1947 — about 1% of the list.

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    For political and public services.

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· 1947

Source & provenanceVerified against the London Gazette (PDF supplement)

London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗

No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1947 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.

Published 30 December 1946.

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