New Year Honours 1977
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1977 with the Distinguished Service Order.
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Distinguished Service Order · 1977
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How common is this award?
The Distinguished Service Order was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 1977 — about 2% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the New Year Honours 1977
Brinley Charles Smith
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
“for National Savings.”
David McCLUSKEY
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Formerly President
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Formerly Secretary
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
“for Corpor- ate Affairs.”
Frank Odel Mason
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Harold George Poore
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Helen Barr Jack
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Herbert William Pawsey
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Israel Sydney Zetter
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Jack Norman Slinn
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Principal
James Douglas Frankland Turnham
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
John Douglas Burnell
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
John George Colin Hopkins
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
John Linthwaite
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Administrative Officer
John Noel White
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Kathleen Elizabeth Nicholl
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
“for Northern Ireland.”
Margaret Ada Clark
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Principal
Oriel Doreen Spraggon
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Principal
Peggy Mabel Wilhelmina Morecombe
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Percival George Perry
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Principal
Peter Ward
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Ronald George Bigmore
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Stanley Henshaw Booth
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
Assistant Director
Tom Ecob
PersonDistinguished Service Order · 1977
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Distinguished Service Order · 1977
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1977 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1976.
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