New Year Honours 1948
Gazette ashaving been commended:— w M Arbuckle CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Gazette ashaving been commended:— w M ARBUCKLE (Can/j.17202)
Distinguished Service Cross · 1944
“FOR VALUABLE SERVICE IN THE AIR.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 1948
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Distinguished Service Cross · 1944
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Cadet Forces- Division
- Military Division
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- 18185
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“FOR VALUABLE SERVICE IN THE AIR.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1948
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 135 times in the New Year Honours List 1948 — about 9% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1948
— . LieutenantHColonel George Arthur Falconer
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
'William Hall Jackson Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Albert Ells Rogers
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alexander Francis Morley
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alexander William Southam
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
“for Austria (British Element).”
Alfred Ernest Kingham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
“for Waltham- stow West/ 1922 and 1923 and since 1929.”
Alfred Henry Dunlop Phillips
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alfred James Camm
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alfred Muchmore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alhaji Usuman Nagogo
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
and
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Andrew Alexander Ross
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Andrew Naesmith
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Archibald Hamilton Ryley
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Archibald Wilfred Lawson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur Eastwood Nichols
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur Edward Foot
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur Francis Hutton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur Godwin Ranasinha
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur John Kemp Richardson/ Esq:
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur Nicholson Stuart
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur Reginald Astley Weston
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur Victor Douglas Jones
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Arthur Whitley
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1948
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1948 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1947.
Distinguished Service Cross · 1944
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1944 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1944.
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